- .Pippa names Covent Garden Flower Market as the best place for homemade bridal bouquets
- .Duchess of Cambridge's sister joins throngs of 'DIY brides' on flower forage
- .But she still loves to flirt with traders while eating a 'bacon buttie'
- .Revelation comes after she was spotted canoodling with boyfriend Nico Jackson during London night out
It may be news to her boyfriend Nico Jackson, but Pippa Middleton clearly has marriage on her mind after revealing her perfect place to buy bridal bouquets.
The Duchess of Cambridge's sister says she loves to join the 'savvy church flower arrangers and DIY brides' at Covent Garden Flower Market in London.
The hint comes in the latest of her lifestyle columns, in which she extols the virtues of flower arranging.
Fragrant: Pippa Middleton extols the virtues of Covent Garden Flower Market, where 'DIY brides' head to pick out homemade bridal bouquets
Proving she's not lost her common touch, Pippa wakes with the larks and heads to the market - where she immediately indulges in a 'coffee and a bacon buttie'.
Despite keeping an eye out for possible wedding flowers, the brunette admits to enjoying a harmless flirt with the traders.
Sharing memories of a recent trip in her article for the Daily Telegraph, Pippa writes: 'On this visit, Dennis, one of the sellers, presented me with a cluster of white roses with a beautiful heady scent which I accepted (blushingly, of course).
In bloom: Pippa has offered tips on flower arranging in a new column, revealing she heads to Covent Garden Market (pictured) to pick out her favourite flowers
'The traders are a great source of information and, I’ve always found, happy to answer any question you have on flower care: for example, why do my orchids keep dying and how can I prolong the life of the (sadly, infrequent) bouquets that land on my doorstep?'
The 29-year-old then offers up several not-so-groundbreaking tips on how to keep fading blooms alive, telling readers to keep them in a clean vase of water and to sear the stems.
If that doesn't do the job, Pippa suggests buying a spray mist - for £7.50 a bottle. Thankfully, she warns would-be florists to 'point the nozzle of your spray at the flowers'.
However, flower arranging is not for the faint-hearted - Pippa insists the quaint hobby is just as strenuous as her boxing workouts, which we revealed in her previous column for the Daily Telegraph.
She writes: 'With special florist scissors in hand, I confronted a birch wreath (purchased from the market) filled with Oasis and a bundle of heather-hued, sturdy and characterful shrubbery.
'To be honest it took more sweat and blood out of me than my recent foray in the boxing ring – artichoke thistles are lethal, while wielding the wire to firm up the stem of heather sprigs to stick into the Oasis had painful consequences.'
Game, set and love: Pippa Middleton and her boyfriend Nico Jackson at the Wimbledon Championships earlier this year
Pippa's top tips were revealed the day after she was shown cosying up to her stock broker beau after the 50th anniversary party for Mayfair nightclub Annabel’s.
The pair, who usually avoid displays of affection in public, were pictured almost kissing after leaving the club in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Her latest lifestyle and etiquette advice come after her first book, Celebrate: A Year of Festivities for Families and Friends, fueled more jokes than sales.
After its release last October, it sold just over 2,000 copies in the first week, with some booksellers forced to slash the cover price.
The low sales failed to slow down Pippa's writing assignments, however - she went on to secure a column in Waitrose magazine, as well as signing on as contributing editor by Vanity Fair magazine.
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