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Juniper Juniperus communis with detail of male and female flowers

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum with detail of flowering head

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum pen and ink line drawing

Ripe lemon with pair of leaves, cut to white.

Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa sketchbook study.  Illustration shows comparison with the cultivated parsnip plant, Pastinaca sativa sativa.  It also includes details on the petiole, flower, umbel, seed head, seeds, and root.

Bay tree Laurus nobilis in terracotta pot, trimmed into a sphere.

Bay Laurus nobilis sprig showing small white flowers and aromatic evergreen leaves

Mint sprig showing flowers and growth pattern.

Sage Salvia officianalis sketchbook study showing leaf and flower and tonal study of leaf texture

Staghorn Sumac Rhus glabra sketchbook study with detail of individual flowers

Persian Hogweed Heracelum persicum and Giant Hogweed Heracelum mantegazzianum comparison with info on flower shape, umbel shape, and leaf differences

Persian Hogweed Heracleum persicum sketchbook study showing rounded curve of flowering head, and convex toothed leaf lobes.

Garden pea Pisum sativa showing leaves, tendrils, peas in a pod, flowers and closed pods

Walnut Juglans regia nut in shell and loose nut

Walnut Juglans regia tree showing typical growth habit

Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare pen and ink botanical illustration

Yellow morel Morchella esculenta fungus pen and ink illustration

Wild marjoram Origanum vulgare sprig

Wild basil Clinopodium vulgare in flower

Wild garlic Allium ursinum in flower, pencil

Wild garlic Allium ursinum leaf and flowering head with flowers out and in bud

Vegetable trug showing garden produce and a trowl, including leeks, raddichio, raspberries, radish, potatoes, tomatoes, chives, basil, kale, lettuce, raddichio, fennel, peas, carrots, and beans. A good day in the garden!

Watercress Nasturtium officinale with flower and seeds and edible leaves

Watermint Mentha aquatica in flower