Plants, like people, have an inner light. When the sun shines on them, they glow.
Category: Colour
I am utterly obsessed by colour. Colour is what draws me to the garden. I get a colour-high from seeing my favourite colour combinations in the garden.
Painting with Tulips
I can’t paint or draw. Gardening is my way of splashing around with colour, creating new combinations and having a few happy accidents. My media, right now, is tulips.
The Birth of the Tulips
The birth of the tulips has been laboured and slow this year, but their emergence is a triumph.
Fresh Minty Green
There are so many signs of spring, but we can’t quite shake off winter. It’s like we have a fifth season, spr-inter. Its colours are minty-fresh, but with a hint of honey…
A Warm Glow Inside
It’s time to come indoors and snuggle up in a massive jumper and thick socks.
Bling
There is one thing I love gazing at more than flowers. Baubles.
Pops and Neutrals
I am a ‘colour pop’ kind of a girl. But occasionally, with a light frost, I am forced to focus on the neutrals. With the aid of my new book all about colour, I can now distinguish my buff from my fawn!
Pink Pops
Let’s celebrate those who dare to be different. Who let their madness shine through. Who receive a frosty reception but do it anyway.
Clarity
Being outdoors, pottering in the garden, listening to the birds, noticing colours and textures and patterns, enjoying a cup of tea… These are all forms of self-care. They are nurturing for my soul. Self-care brings clarity. I am refreshed, and can see things more clearly.
The Eminent Em and Anne
This post is an homage to my No.1 favourite planting combination in my garden. It is also a celebration of strong women supporting one another, celebrating one another, and giving one another a leg up.
Read this post if you want to WAKE UP!!!
We’re used to thinking in terms of hot and cold colours, or bright and soft colours. Now let’s think about Sensory Integration!
Tripping the Light Fantastic
Sunlight is transformative. Petals and leaves become translucent and their network of veins are revealed. The fine down on stems and buds are illuminated. Sunlight is a transitory and elusive quality in the garden. Which is perhaps why it is so magical.
