About Sarah

Sarah has long brown hair, is wearing glasses with leopard print frames and red lipstick. She's looking slightly to the side against a black background. She has a large arrangement of white flowers and greenery on her head, resembling a crown.

Sarah Rushbrooke is a writer, florist and podcaster.

She's an English writer and florist based in Glasgow, Scotland. She writes a weekly newsletter called The Foibles of a Florist and hosts a twice monthly podcast called Flowers & Folklore.

In 2023 her essay ‘A Floral Tribute’ was published in a book, Adventure, curated by the Scottish Book Trust. In 2024 Sarah gave a reading of her work at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Sarah writes about flowers, nature, magic. These themes are often entwined with grief. She spends her time making flower crowns, weight lifting and fostering greyhounds.

Education

  • Writing your Nonfiction Book Proposal, eight week course, Kathryn Aalto, February 2026

  • Memoir and Life Writing, eight week course, Kathryn Aalto, February 2024

  • The Art of Narrative Nonfiction and Personal Essay, eight week course, Kathryn Aalto, August 2023

  • Nature and Place Writing, eight week course, Kathryn Aalto, February 2023

  • Creative Writing for Beginners, ten week course, Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Strathclyde, 2019

  • Don't be a Writer be a Storyteller, eight week course, Laura Jane Williams, 2018

  • Theology and Religious Studies, Bachelor of Arts, University of Glasgow, 2010 - 2014