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Love vine Cassytha filiformis completed for Montserrat National Trust

Mosquito basil Ocimum basilicum completed for Montserrat National Trust

Mosquito basil Ocimum basilicum completed for Montserrat National Trust

Arrowroot Maranta arundinacea pen and ink completed for Montserrat National Trust

Arrowroot Maranta arundinacea completed for Montserrat National Trust

Idealised plan showing a garden planted for food, medicines, and health and wellbeing in Montserrat

Wood melick Melica uniflora with detail of ligule and individual floret

Yellow waterlily Nuphar luteum floating on water with developing “brandy bottle” seed flask

White waterlily Nymphaea alba shown floating on water with lily pads

White & Yellow waterlily Nymphaea alba & Nuphar luteum comparison, shown in water.

One rose cut to white

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris flowering spike with leaves

Sweet Pea flower Lathyrus grandiflorus without leaves

Japanese rose Rosa rugosa showing magenta petals, bright green foliage and large red rosehips

Wood sorrel Oxalis acetosela pen and ink illustration

Decorative wreath of Strawberries Fragaria × ananassa,  Imagined garland or border

Quaking grass Briza media with detail of ligule and flower

Lesser stitchwort Stellaria graminea with detail of square stem

Cherry Prunus avium pen and ink botanical illustration.

Butterfly bouquest invented mix of flowers and butterfly cut to white

Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella with stolon, flowers, and leaves

Wildflower border roughly following seasonal growth with hellebore, anenome, bluebell and daffodil showing spring; winter aconite, witch hazel, and snowdrops for winter; scabious, foxglove, dog rose, knapweed, poppy, terasel, fringed waterlily and a painted butterfly for summer; mistletoe, Ivy with a spider, violets, holly, primrose, and a hoverfly also make an appearance