ILKLEY flowers have provided a link between two local businesses.

Jenny Howarth, homeopath and founder of Ilkley Complementary Therapies and, more recently, of Verbeia Essences and Body Care, has teamed up with Erica Berry Flowers, to present real flowers alongside her flower essences.

Jenny developed the Verbeia range over eight years, and the products are all natural and incorporate energetic flower essences, made on Ilkley Moor. Flower essences capture the energy of the plant without causing it any harm.

"Flower essences and beautiful real flowers and plants – they sit so naturally and comfortably together," said Erica Berry, of Erica Berry Flowers.

"I am delighted we have created a way to present the Ilkley-based Verbeia range of Flower Essences and Body Care products alongside our floral arrangements and plants."

Samples to try and information leaflets to take away are now available from Erica Berry Flowers in Railway Road. Erica Berry is now also a stockist of the full range of Verbeia essences and products.

"This may not have been the most obvious of partnerships, but we both feel there is real harmony in linking our flower-based businesses in this way," added Erica. "We would like people to pop in and try the products and see them as a natural complement to the flowers and plants we are known for."