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Kim Gray for High Tea with Elephants

We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Kim Gray this month. Kim is a South African who runs her own fashion, decor, travel and lifestyle blog.

As our Guest Editor, she handpicks her safari inspired favourites throughout September.

“So lovely, as if the contemplations of it could itself be enough to make you happy all your life.”

Karen Blixen

Book love: Jess de Boer’s The Elephant and the Bee

“I wanted to inspire other people by personalising this universal human craving for happiness; to create some awareness of the world we live in today and to contribute my voice to the growing collection of young people out there who 100% believe in a better future.”

Black Mambas: Women protecting wildlife

‘You strike a woman, you strike a rock,’ were the words sung by hundreds of women as they marched to the Union Buildings on the 9th August 1956. Although that was 60 years ago, these words still ring true. Nowhere more so than in Balule Nature Reserve, where the Black Mamba all-women anti-poaching unit operates.

Kim Gray’s Best in baskets

Kim Gray is currently obsessed with baskets. This week, she shares her ‘Best in baskets’ – a selection of beautiful African-inspired baskets.

‘From monochromes and neutrals to eye-popping African flair – here are a few I’d love to get my hands on.’

10 gifts for your little bush baby

We’ve put together a selection of beautiful, African-inspired items for your baby’s nursery. From Masai Mara wall paper to kitenge baby bloomers and ethically sourced moses baskets from Ghana. Enjoy!