Sarah Davenport

Founder, owner & creative director of a unique, sustainable and impactful brand of maximalist and bold homewares and lighting. Predominantly sold through E-commerce channels, interior designers and independent stockists. Original designs by myself, produced by socially and environmentally sustainable small scale artisans.

Working within a team as a skilled technician to rescue and protect people in the event of emergency, and as a level 2 co-responder supporting the ambulance service as a light vehicle emergency driver to provide an effective, rapid response to immediately life threatening medical emergencies. Trauma response qualified.

Stylist for Interior Magazines - The English Home, Homes & Antiques, Homes & Gardens. Consulting for major retailers - trend research and briefing first stage product design direction. Founded Art House - Introducing school years 2-6 to renowned artists past and present with structured twice weekly primary school lessons teaching art techniques.

Key member of the senior leadership team at Butters, an industry leading horticulture supplier to the UK retail multiples offering vertical integration and global sourcing to design, source and supply the spectrum of flowers, bulbs, indoor and outdoor plants all year round. Full senior creative and development responsibility across all 11 customers and incremental business presentations to the top 5 retailers. Main point of contact for all global hardware development, sourcing, and visits, trend forecasting and implementation for 12–18-month horizon planning.

World Flowers were the UK’s marketing and production facility for a global vertically integrated Kenyan based flower business and were market leader in the supply of added value cut flowers to the major UK retailers. Floral and horticulture design across retail multiple accounts across seasonal and peak events.

As garden centres transformed into sought-after shopping destinations, I channeled my creativity and ambition to establish & sell two thriving businesses—a flourishing cafe and a lifestyle & florist store.