The Garden of Newstead Abbey in England
The only garden we managed to visit in England this trip and it was pouring with rain. The Abbey in Newstead is a ruin sitting next to the ancestral home […]
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Red & Green Complementary Colour Harmonies in Mexico
Colour harmony is such a huge subject I was quickly overwhelmed with options. I eventually decided I was only going to explore Red & Green colour combinations, and only in Mexico, […]
A Single Flower in Singapore
You can find flowers everywhere in Singapore, even in the airport where orchids were artfully arranged on the stainless steel platforms of the luggage carousels. There were flowers in the […]
Opuntia, the Prickly Pear Cactus, with Edible Paddles and Fruit
The Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia), with its distinctive oval paddles dotted with spines, flowers and fruits, prefers the arid lands of Las Americas. A wild Prickly Pear cactus growing on […]
Prickly Cactuses from Las Americas
Ouch, ouch, ouch! Some prickly customers from las Americas. Red flowers blooming on low barrel cactus in the mountain near Tafi in Argentina.The first spring rain in five years came […]
Bamboo from Around the World
Bamboo from around the world. Boats on the bamboo-fringed pond in the painter Monet’s famous garden in Giverny, France. A stand of bamboo in a Royal Tomb garden in Hue, Vietnam.Graffiti […]
Dahlias in the Dublin Botanical Garden in Late September
Flowers and fun! September 20, 2015. Dublin managed to combine two of my favourite things, a botanical garden and an art gallery showing off plant-themed sculptures or creative interpretations of what it means […]
Medieval Gardens at the Feudal Castle in Fressin, France
The three medieval gardens dating back to the 15th century within the ruins of the Feudal Castle in Fressin are the Garden of Eden, the Garden of Evil and the Garden of Good. A three-dimensional […]
Orchids in the Garden
Singapore is THE place to see orchids. Even if you’re only picking up your luggage at the Singapore airport there is an orchid display on the midsection of the luggage carousels. And if […]
To Read in Holland: The Tulip Craze (and the First Financial Bubble)
1637 was date of the collapse of the world’s first speculative bubble, all created by a passion for tulips. In Holland people mortgaged their houses to buy and sell tulip bulbs for ever-increasing […]
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