A bouquet garni in a vase on Monday

There are very few flowers in the garden now, and the same goes for the hedgerows, so where to turn for today's vase? I wasn't sure. However, last night while cooking the supper and feeling in need of some cool fresh air, I opened the stable door and in the cold and dark of the evening I got a spicy whiff of fennel, mixed with curry plant, and that gave me my inspiration for today's vase. A bouquet garni, a bunch of herbs and fragrant leaves which are defying the dropping temperatures and coming together to give a glorious snapshot of our November garden. I have put them in my Emma Bridgewater Brixton Spongeware jug.

My vase this week has parsley, fennel, rosemary, bay, rose geranium, curry plant, sage, calendula and French lavender.