From tips to finding the tastiest blackberries to tricks for taking your pumpkin carving to the next level, this blog post is all you need to be autumn ready!

Things to do with fallen acorns, tips for getting the best blackberries, interesting pumpkin facts, pumpkin carving hacks you need to read and what you can do with sycamore seeds.

There is a lot to love about March; spring is here, the warmth of summer is around the corner and we have St Patrick's Day, International Women's Day and (sometimes) Easter to celebrate. March birthstones are aquamarine and bloodstone, the birth flower is daffodil and the birth trees are Rowan and Alder.

All about the Wild & Fine move from rural Warwickshire to Charente in south west France and the challenges and delights that have come with setting up home somewhere new.

It's a month of harvesting and holidaying; of preparing for returning to school and simultaneously stocking up in preparation for colder months ahead and celebrating the final days of summer. People with August birthdays are lucky enough to have three birthstones and two birth flowers to choose from, along with an array of inspirational people who share their birth month with them.

June must surely be that jackpot of birthday months in the Northern Hemisphere. It enjoys the longest hours of daylight (the Summer Solstice is on June 21st), it’s usually pretty warm and it’s pre peak summer season, so if you want to be whisked away to an exotic destination for your big day you don’t have to contend with the school holiday rush.

On a standard year in the UK, May has not one but two Bank Holidays*. Eagerly awaited by office workers and anticipated with mild dread by employees of the hospitality industry, the first and the last Monday in May are bonus holidays, the original reasons for which most of us have forgotten (or never knew in the first place). Keep reading if you would like to pepper your imminent bank holiday conversations with some fascinating facts about why we traditionally celebrate at the beginning and end of this glorious month.

The April birthstone is diamond and its birth flowers are daisy and sweetpea. It is the birth month for a lot of inspirational figures from history. Join us in an exploration of some of the best things about the fourth month of the year!

It's not just about Valentine's Day and pancakes, February has a wonderful range of interesting tales in its library, featuring Groundhog Day, Julius Caesar, Rosa Parks and Elizabeth Taylor. It also has a beautiful purple birthstone, amethyst, which has a rich history and is believed to calm hot tempers and promote contentment, wisdom and understanding.

Everything you need to know about gold vermeil including exactly what it is, how the process started and how to care for your gold vermeil jewellery.

If you want the look of real gold jewellery and accessories without the hefty price tag, gold vermeil (pronounced ver-may) is your best bet. Also known as silver gilt, gold vermeil is the highest quality and longest lasting alternative to solid gold...

Fall in love with everything January represents and discover some inspirational people who celebrated birthdays this month

We normally love the buzz of a high street at Christmas, but things aren’t as they should be this year, so we’ve created a gift guide to help you tick some presents off your list from the comfort of your sofa. The Wild & Fine gift guide is a selection of some of our favourite designs, paired with the personality types that we think would wear them well. Grab a mulled wine or a festive gin and do (at least some of) your Christmas shopping with us, from home!

November is Pomegranate Month, so in celebration of this delicious fruit with its rich and varied history, we have discovered 10 interesting facts about the pomegranate that may give you an advantage a pub quiz one day. From its varied religious significance to its saucy associations with love, sex and death, the pomegranate is a well-travelled celebrity craze that you can’t afford not to know more about!

The existence of birthstones, from whichever source you choose to identify them, makes it easier to tell your unique story with the jewellery that you wear. There may be millions of other people who share your birth month, but the rainbow constellation created by the birthstones of your particular family and friends is unique and, if you wear natural gemstones, each of those has its own particular character too.

The choices you make in the shops, both online and in store, are absolutely key to driving long-term change when it comes to plastic pollution.

Seemingly tiny daily decisions stack up over time and those wasteful brands you eschew in favour of sustainable ones will start to notice it in their sales figures. Fight with your wallet, no matter how little you have in it, because it is stronger than you think.