Aubergine, eggplant, brinjal, Solanum melongena – call it what you will – this fascinating plant is an explosion of form and colour. Originally a small fruiting, bitter tasting plant from the Indian sub-continent, thousands of years of cultivation worldwide has produced what we see today, an edible fruit, that we think of as a vegetable, …
These floral borders are available from the British Library flickr photostream. The way they are scanning even the smallest graphic detail from old books for our artistic use is rather pleasing. This selection has been straightened, enhanced and cropped to better show-off each design, but the originals, plus over a million more free digitised artworks …
Artist Rosemary Stephens often walks on Wanstead Flats twice a day, is a volunteer litter picker, wildlife protector, general nature lover and wonderful image maker; capturing the magic of early mornings in the area before posting them, for anyone to enjoy, to her Twitter stream, The Nature Of The Flats. What is clear from her offerings is just how …
The Poppies today in October sun, Tower of London. Photographs by Shan Pope
Our selection of plant art events is London-centric this month, but with art from Japan and Germany, a talk focused on Scottish flora and apple appreciation in Kent, it’s still a cosmopolitan group. 1. RHS Shades of Autumn Show Anne of Green Gables once said “I’m so glad I live in a world where there …