
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea plant

Elder Sambuccus nigra
Elder Sambuccus nigra flowering head and berries, somewhat depleted along with leaves

Cucumber Cucumis sativus
Cucumber Cucumis sativus pencil drawing showing three types of cucumber along with leaves, flower, and tendrils

Cornflower Centaurea cyanus
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus with buf and flower and both linear and pinnate leaves

Cassava Manihot esculenta
Cassava Manihot esculenta plant showing manihot growing at the base of the plant trunk

Bulmers norman apple Malus domestica
Bulmers norman apple Malus domestica in acrylic, a pair of apples and a few leaves

Wheat Triticum aestivum
Wheat Triticum aestivum with roots and grains

Begonia Begonia pearcei
Begonia Begonia pearcei growing in terracotta plant pot

Iris in gravel
Iris in gravel with blue petals

Garden border
Garden border in spring with tulips, crocus, daffodils and daisies abutting a carefully tended lawn and edged with concrete slabs

Broom cystisus scoparius lena sketchbook study
Drawing of a broom plant with colour details of individual flowers, leaves, and a seed pod

Sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus sketchbook study
Sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus study of the dark purple form of the flower with pale green stem and associated tendrils, there are also some colour swatches and a study of the placement of the flower veins on the blossom

Growing salad crops in a container
Container growing herbs including marjoram, chives, basil, chervril, salad, lettuce, and nasturtium

Intensively planted raised bed
Raised bed growing chives, nasturtium, lavender, chili, cabbage, lettuce, rosemary, parsley, and violets

Lasagna garden
Lasagna garden cross section showing the layering of paper, organic matter such as compost, topsoil, and crops

Leaf litter
Study of leaf litter showing dead decaying leaves

Pepper seedling in a hand
Pepper seedling in a lump of soil, held in the hand of a gardener

Pinching out growth tips to encourage growth
A hand pinching out the growth tips on a cucumber plant to encourage lateral growth and more cucmber fruit

Planting a vegetable garden in a container
Brownstone house with back yard full of a diverse array of containers all of which are growing different edible food crops from herbs to fruit thorugh salads and vegetables.

Corner of a raised bed
Corner of a raised bed showing how to attach the plants to one another when building the bed

The three stages of compost
Three illustrations showing compost as it degrades into organic matter, from recognizable leaf litter through to earth like mulch

Two compost bin set up
Set up with two compost bins in rotation

Vegetable garden with taller plants at the back
Vegetable garden in a raised bed showing taller crop plants behind the shorter ones in the front including beans, borage, chives, and salad crops

Growing cucumbers
Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium