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It’s that magical time of year again when Randwick woods are bountiful of bluebells, wild garlic, anemones and violets. Courtney, my neighbour & also photographer, & her sweet Border Terriers, Elsa and Albie decided to explore the woods, we were on a mission to try our new cameras and they were searching for squirrels! We walked for […]

Yesterday I had a truly inspiring walk through my friend’s farmland, with our very own enthusiastic tour guide, Tinker! We wandered though endless fields which she is thoughtfully managing and allowing the wild floral and fauna to take hold once again. The meadows contain a huge variety of grasses and flowers, a sight to remind […]

I can promise you this is no April Fool! Today marks a rather significant day for me.  After 10 incredible years of working as Arne Maynard’s PA in London, I have finally given up the commute to live full time here at Hawthorn Cottage. Whilst still working part-time with Arne, I have decided to follow […]

On January 16th my beautiful pearl grey City 60 Aga arrived, I’ve kept my promise not to publish images of the team off loading it and bringing it along my garden path on a sack barrow, but of course I recorded every second of its journey. Of course to be able to buy such a […]

  Gardens-Illustrated-December-2014 Please click on the above link to see the work of a very talented friend in this month’s Gardens Illustrated. Prepare to be inspired by the wonderful work of Kristy Ramage photographed by myself.   Not only can Kristy add magic to the twiggiest of twigs but she can create the most beautiful birds […]

A few summers ago I was down in Cornwall with my mother, we visited the newly refurbished Duchy of Cornwall Nursery near to Lostwithiel. It was full of unusual plants and trees as well as wonderful pieces of art and intricacies, to top it off there were delicious home baked cakes! It was during this […]

I was led to this intriguing place back in May this year and it really didn’t disappoint. The Purton Ships’ Graveyard is quite an extraordinary and most surprising find along the shores of the River Severn. From the working docks at Sharpness, a narrow hedgerow walk with a canopy of damson trees opened up to […]

The happiness a garden door brings has surprised no one more than me. The feat of getting this beautiful door into place was a fair few months in the creation. It was an idea I’d been brewing on for well over a year and something I didn’t ever think I’d be able to achieve without […]

The light one early morning was magical and before heading off to work I had to capture the dew and sun which began to slowly touch every petal as it rose to wake up the valley. This is dahlia La Recoletta who survived last winter without being lifted, she was planted alongside annuals like this […]

May and June seemed to whisk by at the twitch of my nose, but looking back, it was a great start to summer. The final border that Dan and Piran dug in the early spring is now brimming with young plants which will settle and double in size for a great display next year. I […]