gardening

Scots pine Pinus sylvestris cone and needles.  Pen and ink illustration with top colour.

Downy birch Betula pubescens pen and ink illustration with watercolour top wash.

Pansy or Viola x wittrockiana sketchbook study of winter garden plant  

Garden scene designed for use on seed packet for wild flowers.

Sessile Oak tree Quercus petraea showing habit and twisted branches

Lone flower of the Field forget me not showing distinctive geometry and bright blue colour of the bloom

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of these similar invasive aquatic plant species, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of the invasive vs the native aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook study of this invasive aquatic plant, with botanical details, completed for FOR Sweden

Sketchbook illustration showing plant, habit and details.  Also known as Swamp stonecrop, this plant is an invasive aquatic species in many areas.

Sketch showing one flower, buds, and leaves.  Tendrils are only beginning to grow.

Ideal garden full of things you can do to encourage nature and promote soil health in your garden For more please check out my blog, and the associated blog on how NOT to have an ideal garden.

Potato Plant in flower with potatoes growing below the soil.  Plant has grown from a chitted potato.

Illustrations showing a garden with closely cropped grass, a lot of hard surfaces, few trees and shrubs, and non-native annuals which don’t support pollinators.  For more please check out my blog  and the associated blog, on how to take steps to having an ideal garden.

Potatoes in sack shows a batch of newly dug potatoes in a hessian sack, with some rolling out.

Potato varieries and one green potato about to sprout

Sketchbook study of the Potato showing different varieties, flower colours, the fruit, and how to chit potatoes.  With written notes.

Potato Food Products: Chips or French fries, sliced, boiled, baked potatoes, potato chips or crisps