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Flower Press - The Wild Pansy | The World Of Interiors
The Viola tricolor, commonly known as the wild pansy, is a small plant that grows naturally in grasslands, and produces sweet flowers with overlapping petals coloured yellow, purple and white. Its anterior petals feature a series of black lines that act as a runway, guiding insects to where nectar can be collected.
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Flower Press - Cyclamen | The World of Interiors
These peculiarly animated blooms, both remedial and domestic, have become surprisingly well rooted in the artistic imagination – with Lucian Freud and Daphne du Maurier among those entranced by their bounded wildness. Our floral historian tames them into prose.
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Flower Press - Spider Chrysanthemum | The World of Interiors
Particularly in Japanese culture, the tendril-like blossoms of this unique flower have woven a tangled web of art-historical meaning. Never fear: our resident bud buff is here to give you a potted history.
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Flower Press - Snowdrops | The World Of Interiors
Emerging in the depths of winter, the mournful snowdrop has long been banded with death, yet galanthophiles, lovers of the species, embrace its emergence as the first glimpse of lighter times ahead. Our flower-power authority leafs through Wordsworth and Derek Jarman to seek its darling buds.
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Light rain sometimes falls | TOAST Magazine
The National Allotment Society begins its November task list with a straightforward and clear direction: ‘No time to rest.’ There is much to do in the allotment garden following abundant summer crops. Read more
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A Curator’s View | Harriet Loffler TOAST Magazine
Harriet brings a wonderful collaborative approach to her work. She brings people and art together in a truly unique way. This is largely due to her breathtakingly deep knowledge of art, along with her knowledge of contemporary issues and her genuine enthusiasm and love of discovering something new.
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Little Symphonies: The Rhythmic Harmony of Flower Paintings | TOAST Magazine
Henri Fantin-Latour’s 19th century flower paintings have been described as ‘little symphonies’; lively pieces that bring joy, elation and harmony. In his many flower portraits, the vibrancy of the petals is often boosted by a contrasting dark background. Read More
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Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers | Interview TOAST Magazine
Monica Nelson has researched and written over one hundred flower biographies for her new book Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers. The portraits of the flowers, photographed by Adrianna Glaviano, are entwined with delightful “Flower Eater” essays, written by contributors for whom flowers, edible and decorative, are part of everyday life. Read More
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To Plant a Painting | Garden Museum London
The wild angelica had grown to an enormous height. Clusters of dainty white flowers decorated a network of fine stems forming fragrant posies that lingered above the dense undergrowth, and made a fractured reflection on the surface of the running brook.
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The deep mountains and mysterious valleys of Tokyo’s Nezu Museum | The Conversation
A nimble row of bamboo grows between the street and the grounds of the Nezu Museum 根津美術館 in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo. The softly murmuring greenery gently ushers you along the side of the museum, beneath its overarching eaves, to the entrance. Read More
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The Poison Garden | Blumenhaus Magazine Issue 3
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains. My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk… John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale, 1819
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Seaside Mountain Cherries in Full Bloom
The courtyard faces north-west. Although it has a small footprint I have managed to plant a range of ornamental seasonal delights to evoke memories of my favourite places and people. Read More
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Observance for Late Autumn
Chrysanthemum day kiku no sekku 菊の節, celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and deep in the heart of autumn, was initiated over a thousand years ago by the Imperial household of Japan.
Essay for Pleasure Garden Magazine London Issue 6 ‘A Japanese Dream’, 2019
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Trees for the Imagination
Much like the Japanese art of flower arranging, bonsai is considered an art form of high aesthetic value, striving through an intimate and patient study of nature, to achieve a balance of truth and beauty.
Essay for Pleasure Garden Magazine London Issue 6 ‘A Japanese Dream’, 2019
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Some Japanese Flowers
In the turn towards winter a hedgerow of camellia japonica presents a constellation of buds cast against its deep green foliage, and on the verge of summer the azaleas and rhododendrons at Kenwood House hover close to the ground like brightly coloured clouds embracing the dappled borders and pathways.
Essay for Pleasure Garden Magazine London Issue 6 ‘A Japanese Dream’, 2019