Winter purslane Claytonia perfoliata
Winter purslane Claytonia perfoliata pen and ink illustration
Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Sorrel Rumex acetosa pen and ink botanical illustration with detail of individual seed and distinctive leaf shape
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea pen and ink line drawing with detail of oen flower
Fat hen Chenopodium album
Fat hen Chenopodium album pen and ink illustration with detail of one flower
Chicory Cichorium intybus sketchbook study
Chicory Cichorium intybus sketchbook study with a focus of the bright sky blue flower
Dandelion Taxacum officinale
Dandelion Taxacum officinale with details of seed and root
Growing cucumbers 2
Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium
Wild garlic Allium ursinum
Wild garlic Allium ursinum leaf and flowering head with flowers out and in bud
Wild garlic Allium ursinum pencil
Wild garlic Allium ursinum in flower, pencil
Watercress Nasturtium officinale
Watercress Nasturtium officinale with flower and seeds and edible leaves
Sheeps sorrel Rumex acetosella
Sheeps sorrel Rumex acetosella whole plant with flowers
Salad burnett Sanguisorba minor
Salad burnett Sanguisorba minor with detail of individual male and female flowers
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Heath Bedstraw Galium saxatile showing lateral spreading growth and individual leaf detail. Fruits and flowers shown
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea with roots
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata with flowers and fruiting pods
Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel Foeniculum vulgare pencil illustration showing the fennel and the highly branched leaves
Fat Hen Chenopodium album
Fat Hen Chenopodium album with pale underside of leaf showing along with green flowers
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale with root, flower, bud, and dandelion clock along with individual flower and individual seed detail
Cucumber Cucumis sativus
Cucumber Cucumis sativus pencil drawing showing three types of cucumber along with leaves, flower, and tendrils
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa with pointed leaf base and flowers and fruit
Exploding cucumber Cylantha explodens Sketchbook study
Sketchbook study of the Exploding cucumber Cylantha explodens with lots of details of the fruit exploding and curling back on itself, and details of the knobbly brown seeds along with a detailed colour study of a few fruit with dark green leaves behind. Lots of details of the curling tendrils and some simple watercolour wash […]
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.
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
Growing cucumbers
Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium