It’s not often I like my garden but…
…today I do. The sun is shining, the sky is clear and blue and aeroplane-free (thank you, oh thank you …
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A little update
You may, or no doubt may not remember that I went shopping in January and cleared out the entire stock …
Gardening on air #4: Of Austen and arcadia
Did you know the 18th century landscape designer Humphry Repton turns up in Jane Austen’s novel, Mansfield Park? No, I …
Plant envy
I turned up at a client’s garden for the first time in a little while the other day to find …
Wordless Wednesday
Pods of Sterculia megistophylla …and what’s inside
Postcard from Borneo #7: Of the rarest plant of all
In case you were wondering: yes, we did see one. Rafflesia keithii (I think): one of the 17 known species …
Postcard from Borneo #6: Of birds, buttresses and butterflies
Well… let’s start with the buttresses then: Mangrove trees along the river And some wonderfully mossy buttresses in the rainforest. …
Postcard from Borneo #5: Of plants that eat animals
You can’t talk about plants and Borneo in the same breath without mentioning pitcher plants. Nepenthes, as they should more …
Postcard from Borneo #4: Of orchids
Orchids are everywhere in Borneo: a tenth of the world’s wild species are found here. They festoon trees in the …
Postcard from Borneo #3: Monkey business
Long-tailed macaques (I won’t mention what these two were up to five seconds before this photo was taken) Awwww……. Yes, …
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