I love it when the garden is fresh with rain water. All the evergreen plants In this photo make for a fantastic lush background. In this photo I particularly like the light that twinkles through the trees and the droplets in the foreground seem to be shining brightly like precious jewels.
30th December
It turns out that you can spray most folliage with metalic paint and use it to make festive flower arrangements.
29th December
The London Plain trees have there own natural Christmas baubles at Christmas.
28th December
My Hyasinth bulbs are blue! I hoped they would be. They were not labelled according to colour. I’m happy as blue Hyasinths are my favourite.
27th December
We have a new Aloe Vera plant. :)
26th December
Here’s a dried orange Christmas tree decoration. You can also just slice and dry oranges too.
25th December
Natural structures lend themselves so well to design. These candelabra simply look great sprayed gold or silver as part of a festive flower arrangement. In textiles they make me think of weave and knit structures. They are fantastic for life drawing observations too. These sketches can then be used to create a textured element within a printed design.
24th December
Here’s our Hydrangia in neutral tones created using the grey sky as a backdrop and the brown, winter flowers as a silluette.
23rd December
We went to Borough Market to buy some cheese for Christmas. The Christmas tree at the market was decorated with dried oranges and pine cones.
22nd December
Here’s our neighbours bamboo taken looking up at the sky. I really like the light that shines through the leaves.
21st December
I found some great metallic colours and pearly droplets.
20th December
I’ve been enjoying Christmas shopping lately. I’m really pleased with this Skimmia Japonica that I found for my brother.
19th December
I’m quite proud of our kitchen plant collection.
18th December
My Hyacinths are loving this time of year all huddled up in their pot.
17th December
This succulent looks like a star fish.
16th December
James’s Alocacia looking pretty cool.
15th December
...and some little money plants.
14th December
The money tree my parents gave us is looking beautiful these days.
13rd December
James put lights on the Cheese Plant.
12th December
James bought a Christmas tree and we decorated it together. I absolutely love the smell. This is one of my favourite things at this time of year.