Category: Plant and Place
The Chamomile bench
In my herb garden you can lie down on a carpet of Chamomile Double Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile ‘Flore Pleno’, Lawn Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile ‘Treneague’, Roman Chamomile Chamaemelum nobile, Dyers Chamomile […]
In my herb garden this year: Part one
Imagine an ellipse, and walk (and smell) roughly clockwise On the steps and windowsills: pots Creeping Penny Royal Mentha pulegium, Thyme Thymus serpyllum v ar albus, Lavender Old English Lavandula […]
Botanical assessment criteria
This is how I have to start assessing my botanical illustration – Anne-Marie Evans style – she just gave us (The Eden Project Florilegium Society) a masterclass Botanical veracity Includes […]
The plan: Floral diagrams
I’ve been looking at how I can develop some botanical knowledge outside my botanical illustration classes. Sally Corbet (a biologist and printmaker with a special interest in flowers and pollination) […]
The grey goose has gone
May’s about to arrive. I’m looking forward to it. April’s been fun but I’ve been left with sadness. Three of my favourite people died in March and I’ve been coming […]