I am putting my best new Backdoorshoes forward for the new gardening season. The new pair came from my recent day at the Garden Press Event (@GardenPresEvent on Twitter), which is the most wonderful day in London aimed at garden writers and communicators.
You can only wear one pair at a time, unfortunately!
All the top garden tool brands, seed companies, rose and plant producers, garden product sellers and so much more is on show. It brings me up-to-date with company anniversaries, with personnel changes and all sorts of information, much of which will percolate down through the coming months… but back to my shoes
Backdoorshoes® (@Backdoorshoes) is British, its story is fun and the shoes are light, comfortable to work in and I wouldn’t be without them. My first pair (looking a bit tired and dusty… but still comfy) are destined for use on the allotment so will always be in the car in future (I know I should walk there, but it is just too far with all the stuff to carry etc!), and the new pair will be ‘at home’ at the backdoor.
Stephen Avery had the idea: he needed a pair of shoes to get down the garden without putting on wellington boots or getting his indoor footwear dirty. A medical friend offered him some white theatre clogs to try out… Stephen decided to funk them up and transformed them into the fun shoes that they are today, using computer-generated images. In the beginning there were only five designs. Now there are over 25, with more on the way.
A small sample of the Backdoor Shoes range (not in my garden and not now!)
I think they are terrific and fit like a (foot) glove. Backdoorshoes® are offering a discount valid until 15 April 2017 when you spend £25 or over online at www.backdoorshoes.co.uk. The code is 15%GARDENPOST.
My new pair are covered with sunflowers, they are sunny and bright. Do you think my feet look too bright in them? Myself, I don’t think so… They look good as I step into my garden today to check out the Iris reticulata, one of the most welcome late winter, early spring bulbs in the garden.
One foot at a time
Still flowering today are small clumps of aconites. Note to self: it would be good to have more of these sunny faces in the garden at this time of year.
Early-flowering colour – but not enough of it in my garden…
Another favourite for me at this time is Skimmia japonica. On frosty mornings a while back it made a wonderful show, and now even on a grey day, it is just beginning to show colour.
Frosted and flowering skimmia
I’ve seen quite a few pairs sneak into various shots this weekend Barbara… and that’s because they’re great from so many angles – funky & fun, a great back story, comfortable to wear and they save all of that bother of putting on shoes when you just need to pop down the garden. I love mine!
Me too! They are the best! We will have to do a gardeners’ hokey-cokey dance perhaps at the next garden bloggers’ meet-up. I will take the photos!
I really need some of those sunflower ones. They are so cheerful. Lovely to see you at the press event Barbara. See you again soon, I hope. Mum sends her best wishes too x
The Press Event is always so interesting and full on. I thought your Radio Leicester report on it with Alison was excellent. Lucky you to have that radio gig! Love to your mother from me. And yes, see you somewhere soon I am sure.
I have an old pair of Hunters clogs that have seen better days. They don’t sell them anymore and I was wondering where to get new ones from. Now I know! The clogs go with your irises very well 🙂
Hope you enjoy the change to Backdoorshoes… and use the discount they have kindly offered for you to use… glad you like the iris/sunflower combination….I will see what else they look good with during the season.
I’ve ordered a pair of sunflower backdoor shoes. They are such a great idea. The spring flowers look so cheerful in your garden. See you soon, I hope. Sending best wishes from Mum as well. Karen x
Glad you have ordered a pair, hope you used the discount… and I am sure we will both enjoy gardening in our sunny sunflower clogs…