Oxeye daisy with Buff-tailed bumblebee
Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare & buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens
Banded demoiselle Calyopteryx splendens male perched on a reed
Common or Smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris
Common or smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris cut to white
Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius worker showing orange abdominal segments
Common frog Rana temporia
Common frog Rana temporia watercolour illustration cut to white
Common toad Bufo bufo
Cut to white illustration of female common toad showing warty skin and orange eye
Cornflower with Red-tailed Bumblebee
Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus in a meadow with Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Garden scene
Garden scene designed for use on seed packet for wild flowers.
Ideal Garden: a garden for nature and the environment
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.
Common or Black Knapweed Centaura nigra
Common or Black Knapweed Centaura nigra, showing diverse leaf shape and typical spherical, purple flowering heads.
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with log-pile
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with log-pile, bracket and other fungi, nettles, and a small tortoiseshell butterfly.
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with nettles
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with nettles, log pile, fungi, and butterfly. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli
Spine cross section of hedgehog
Spine cross section from a hedgehog Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).
Hedgehog Ericaceus europaeus
European Hedgehog Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).
Honey bee worker Apis mellifera
Honey bee worker Apis mellifera illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough
Milkweed Asclepias syriaca sketchbook study
Milkweed Asclepias syriaca sketchbook study page with written notes and info on seed pods, flowers, roots, and seeds
Milkweed Asclepias syriaca habit
Milkweed Asclepias syriaca habit drawing showing two plants in flower
Growing cucumbers 2
Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium
Building a raised bed 2
How to build a raised bed from planks showing attachments of horizontal planks to the vertical uprights, and how to secure the bed in the ground
Pricking out seedlings 2
Safely pricking out seedlings from a seed tray
Double digging 2
Diagram showing how to do double digging of a flower bed or vegetable plot
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
Growing cucumbers
Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium