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Exmoor, where the upthrust of the rock mass contrasts with the frozen fall of boulder and scree. Rock dominates the landscape, even when clothed with fertile pasture. Rock is folded and crumpled at strong angles. Going up a coastal hill or along a ‘cleave’ to the sea is walking in divine sculpture. I found lots …

Visiting Kew earlier this month I enjoyed the low winter sun on the rusting patina of the ‘stems’ holding up the treetop walkway. Angles in the structure replicate the angle in some branching trees, and also some of the adjacent paths in the park.  The orange colour was picked up in the last few leaves …

We’ve been making prototypes for our Christmas wreaths.  What a lovely day, getting floristry supplies from Nine Elms up the road, collecting foliage and putting the pieces together outside in the delectable October sun. We’ll be at selected markets and fairs across south London from late November. We’ll have Christmas wreaths for festive front doors …

A dark black pavillion with sloping roofs and rectangular lay out reminiscent of Ryonan-ji  zen temple. Simple, yet perplexing, as you can never see the whole. Difficult to photograph too, with deep contrast between the shaded corners and the sunlight pouring in. The  planting is ‘too big’, and densely packed so that there is a …