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A Weekend in Somerset: Finally Learning from Charles Dowding in Person
Some weekends stay with you forever. Last weekend, my family and I travelled to Somerset to spend the day with Charles Dowding, learning more about his famous no dig gardening method. It was a Christmas present from my husband, and… Continue reading
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The Art of Looking Closer: Inspiration from My Garden
As artists, we’re often asked where our inspiration comes from. People imagine dramatic landscapes, faraway places, or extraordinary moments. But for me, inspiration is much closer to home. It begins the moment I step into my garden. Over the years,… Continue reading
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Finding Peace Among Flowers and Vegetables
There is something comforting about stepping into my garden. Whether it’s the colourful flower border bursting with blooms or a vegetable patch quietly producing fresh food, the garden has a remarkable way of slowing me down and reminding me of… Continue reading
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From Garden to Kitchen Table: Arranging Seasonal Flowers
In a world that often feels rushed, gathering flowers directly from the garden encourages me to slow down, appreciate the changing seasons, and bring a little beauty indoors. On this day, I wandered through my English rose garden, selecting flowers… Continue reading
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Why Every Vegetable Gardener Should Grow Flowers
When people think about vegetable gardening, they often picture neat rows of tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, and beans. Flowers, on the other hand, are usually reserved for ornamental beds and borders. However, integrating flowers into a vegetable garden is one of… Continue reading
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What I’m Sowing In June
June is always one of my favourite months in the garden. In fact, from May onwards is when I really start to enjoy the growing season. After months of nurturing seedlings indoors and filling every available windowsill with module trays,… Continue reading
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Life on the plot
How I Started Growing My Own Food Looking back, I don’t think my journey into growing food began the day I took on an allotment or moved into a house with a larger garden. In many ways, it started much… Continue reading
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From Seed To Painting
There is something very satisfying about growing chillies from seed. Tiny seeds become sturdy plants, then glossy fruits bursting with colour and heat, and finally in my case, inspiration for a watercolour painting. It turns gardening into something more than… Continue reading
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My Gardening Journey
Before I ever planted a seed in my own garden, before allotment mornings and flower beds, there was the Caspian Sea. I grew up surrounded by a landscape that felt almost too beautiful to belong to ordinary life… endless green… Continue reading
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Elysium Diaries!
There’s something quietly powerful about beginnings. Not the loud, cinematic kind filled with certainty and perfect plans… but the small beginnings. The ones that start with curiosity, restlessness, hope, or even a simple desire to create something meaningful in a… Continue reading
