Noting notes
Don’t forget to take notes, it is important to document your successes and failures including ideas you might want to improve upon for next year in the garden, such as combinations, quantity of plants,...
View Articleinto the British floral world
There are times when it is a good idea to leave the quiet of the English countryside and get lost in the pace of London, which, luckily, is just a short train ride away. Often, this is where I go to...
View ArticleDante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painter and poet, was born in London on this day May 12 1828. As a young man he could not decide whether to paint or write poetry and so throughout his life these subjects...
View ArticleKarl Blossfeldt in black & white
“Nature educates us into beauty and inwardness and is a source of the most noble pleasure.”- Karl Blossfeldt First an innovator , then a pioneer and later in his life, Karl Blossfeldt was to become a...
View ArticleMeet the Professionals- the work of Paul Rowley
Paul Rowley is a filmmaker and visual artist, born in Dublin and now based mostly in Brooklyn. (http://paulrowley.bigcartel.com/) “I first came to making art through making collages like these many...
View Article5.10.5 Shira, jewellery designer
We met through a mutual friend during my time as a student at the Jerusalem Botanic Garden in Israel. Bonding instantly, we often spoke excitedly about many topics, creativity, art, plants and of...
View ArticleSunday Clippings
Heavy on the topics of horticulture and food, we welcome you to this weeks edition of Sunday Clippings. The plant world is abuzz with the happenings of the Chelsea Flower Show, but there are our other...
View Article5-10-5: John Pastoriza-Piñol, botanical illustrator
John and I were introduced through a mutual acquaintance when I was living in Australia. Funnily enough I first saw his work exhibited at the RHS London Flower Show a few years ago prior to our...
View ArticleTo Each Their Own
Have a seat my friends, I would like to play a short and curious game this week with you with a topic that applies to both art and horticulture. I am curious about this fever that might affect or...
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