Three candles tracing a single day in an English garden — from rain-bright morning to the herb border at dusk.
A walled garden keeps its own weather. Brick holds the night’s rain well into morning; by midday the glasshouse is warm enough to ripen figs; at dusk the herb border gives back everything the sun put into it.
These three candles follow that one day. Each is poured a few at a time in Holyport, and each jar is hand-numbered from its batch.
The gravel path an hour after a morning shower — lemongrass bright over wet rosemary and basil, drying down to vetiver.
The garden's idea of a clean start.
Midday at the south wall — green fig leaf and bergamot over warm stone, a fig ripening in the sun.
The warm side of the wall.
The day's last job — brushing along the herb border as the light goes. Rosemary and bay over clary sage, settling into patchouli and moss.
Best burned with the back door open.
All three candles, boxed with a hand-written card.
The jar is meant to outlast the candle. When the wax is done, stand it a minute in hot water, wipe it clean, and keep it — refills are coming later this year. How to get the most from every burn is on the candle care page.
