by jenny.monds | Oct 23, 2024 | BLOGS
Maybe it’s to do with getting older, but more and more I see beauty in decay. This cow-parsley seed head now has a brittle stem. The flowers, long gone, have given way to oval seed cases, the seeds just visible within. The flower stalks end in delicate stems...
by jenny.monds | Sep 19, 2024 | BLOGS
Faces are endlessly fascinating, don’t you agree? Everyone has two eyes, a nose, a mouth and a chin. How can they all be so different? Apparently the likelihood of two people sharing exactly the same facial features is estimated to be less than 1 in 1 trillion!...
by jenny.monds | Aug 22, 2024 | BLOGS
The sunflower is a beautiful flower. And it can grow impossibly tall. I remember my grandmother ‘accidentally’ growing a hugely tall one (or so it seemed to me then) which she thought must have come from the bird seed she constantly threw on the ground. Latter...
by Tess Tidmarsh | Jul 19, 2024 | BLOGS
I was so surprised in France recently to see a small bee fly past me while clutching a leaf. I’d never seen anything like it. It almost looked as though it was riding a little green magic carpet. Then the bee landed on a stone wall and tried to push the leaf into a...
by jenny.monds | Jul 9, 2024 | BLOGS
Could anyone not like peonies? Rose-like but more flamboyant, this one is a wonderful fuchsia pink. Definitely a “look at me” flower. The tightly curled central petals are a mass of shapes, interesting to draw, and reminiscent of a shaggy pom-pom. The peony is a...
by jenny.monds | Jul 9, 2024 | BLOGS
Is there anything better than an English garden in May? At least when the sun is shining! Hiding under some trees I found this lovely weigela bush. This one is a deep pink, although I read they can also be white, red or purple. For anyone travelling north, apparently...
