Tag: Poetry
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Plants and love lessons
Maybe because it’s been too wet here in the UK to be out much in the garden, but I’ve been…
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The Quiet Enchanting on London’s Strand
Shhh… you’ll have to listen even harder at the moment to hear the artwork whispering to you outside King’s Strand…
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Stepping insideThe Yellowhammer’s Nest
It’s National Poetry Day today – and for this, I wanted to take at least one of our words about…
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Creative writing exercise, week 4 – writing your own instructions
The late great Toni Morrison famously said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been…
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Week 1 of Writing in the Garden – a free creative writing exercise
Hello! I had such a lovely response to my recent article in the RHS Garden magazine on reading and writing…
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Remembering Capability Brown – Lady Nature’s Second Husband – and a little bit of Compton Verney
The English landscape gardener, Lancelot (Capability) Brown died 236 years ago today, 6th February 1783 – and fittingly is remembered…
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Silence in the nature reserve
And a happy new year to you all! I think it’s still all right to say that, but this has…
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Poor Susan and the sounds of the city
This week I was lucky enough to go on a guided walk around the city of London with Rosie from…
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Papermaking in the garden
Back in the summer (remember that far back, when the sun shone and everything?), I went on a day papermaking…
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We’re in The English Garden!
Or at least the very beautiful glossy magazine by that name. You can imagine how happy I was to flick through…
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Chelsea Fringe – Cake in the Garden…
Well, I’ve come to the end of (almost) daily posts but haven’t come to the end of all the London…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 16
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No…
Writer In The Garden 