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Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Oregon Grape Mahonia aquifolium sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia punctata sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Butterfly bush Buddleja davidii sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Old Man’s Beard Clematis vitalba sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Himalayan Knotweed Persicaria polystachum sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum with Puccinia smyrnii rust on some leaves, and detail of one flower and one seed.

Wood vetch showing branching tendrils, growth habit, and the darker-coloured banner petals.

Mulberry Morus nigra berries and leaf, colour on pen and ink drawing

Alaskan lupin Lupinus nootkanensis plant showing leaves and blue flowering spikes.

Nootka lupin Lupinus nootkanensis flowering spike in sketch style, watercolour & graphite

Nootka lupin Lupinus nootkanensis sketchbook studies showing details of leaflets, seed pods, seeds, root, habit sketch, and flower cross sections.

Nootka lupin sketch with notes showing details of leaflets, seed pods, seeds, root, habit sketch, and flower cross sections.

Habit sketch of Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus growing on limestone boulder.

Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus illustrations showing wet moss with white apical hairs.

Heath Star-moss study showing the moss in wet and dry states, and botanical details

Heath Star-moss study with notes showing the moss in dry and wet form and with botanical details

Cow Parsley sketchbook study sheet.  Detail of seed head, flowers, and leaves and roots are shown.

Cow Parsley sketchbook study sheet with written notes.  Detail of seed head, flowers, and leaves and roots are shown.

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.