by Pips | Jun 30, 2023 | everything
Sunburst cherries fresh from the tree
by Pips | May 28, 2023 | everything
This mixed border is getting into full swing now. It’s a very satifying perspective, standing in the middle of it all. I take photos to document and refer to later in the season or the next year, often featuring problem spots or plants. These pics are just a...
by Pips | May 15, 2023 | everything
Pulsatilla vulgaris Flowers and seed heads photographed at Maggies Centre. They are small, very fluffy and delicate and grow in their natural habitat on very poor chalk meadows. Seeing hundreds of them on a sun-drenched slope in southern Germany is a very special...
by Pips | May 14, 2023 | everything
Weekend stroll through Sarah Price’s garden at Maggies Centre Southampton. It’s quiet and closed, but the garden is still accessible. You feel instantly transported to a better world when entering. If you needed a few minutes of paradise, this is it.
by Pips | May 12, 2023 | everything
Love these Tiarellas! The beds are heavily mulched with mushroom compost and plants enjoy growing in healthy soil!
by Pips | Apr 14, 2023 | everything
Cucumber plants. Each time I look they have grown another inch! Honestly! Fascinating tendrils though.
by Pips | Dec 11, 2022 | everything
Hillier Gardens early morning visit.
by Pips | Aug 25, 2022 | everything
Sonnenherz is German for sun heart, the name of the tomato variety. It tastes as good as it looks.
by Pips | Aug 7, 2022 | everything
They don’t last as long in a vase compared to being left in the garden. But the flowers appear in a totally different light indoors. Literally.
by Pips | Jul 26, 2022 | everything
“Nothing would grow here”. I can feel the pain, when people try their best and keep loosing plants. I think we solved the problem here.