Irsa Ervin

  • 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

    Life on the plot
  • 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

    From Seed To Painting
  • 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

    My Gardening Journey
  • 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

    Elysium Diaries!