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Beginner’s Guide: Pressing Flowers

At the moment I’m continually snipping flower heads in my garden to promote new growth so I’m exploring pressing flowers […]

ellajohnston12 / September 20, 2016

Inspired by last Friday’s Gardener’s World and indeed my own home-grown efforts this week’s drawing of the week is a

ellajohnston12 / September 13, 2016

Forgive me. I couldn’t resist sharing a picture of this beautiful rose snipped from our garden. It’s just so soft,

My drawing of the week is of a bright pink hydrangea. This watercolour and ink illustration is taken from our

More indulgent love for botanicals from me. My garden just keeps giving. What a beautiful, beautiful summer it’s been so

Sweetpeas are the quintessential summer flower for the UK. Their variety of colours and their delicate paper-like petals are a

I’m really pleased with my finished plant of the fortnight illustration. I love the way the layers of watercolour have

I couldn’t resist sharing this pic with you. These gorgeous dahlias, so prevalent in the month of August, were actually

Despite the rain this afternoon I’ve had a very pleasant Sunday. Amazingly it was spent generally tidying up the house

Last Sunday I got to spend time in our little garden while doing some quick garden furniture maintenance. As you

They’ve featured everywhere in style magazines recently, but what exactly is a succulent, and how can make them work for you? Here’s