Celia Hart is a printmaker and illustrator born and bred in East Anglia. She translates the world around her into block prints in hazy colours reminiscent of old book illustrations, as well as blogging about cosy studio life and the rich harvest of her walled garden.
She edits out the sad things of life away [...]
Entries Tagged as 'gardening'
Purple Podded Peas
December 12th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: block prints · celia hart · gardening · magic cochin · printmaking
Audley End
June 15th, 2009 4 Comments
The house at Audley End is the cut down relic of a much large Jacobean palace, and is surrounded by acres of lavish parkland mostly used these days for picnicing, sunbathing and concerts. Arriving is almost the best part – you stop at the gatehouse and then sweep along the enormous curved drive across the [...]
Tags: audley end · decoration · espalier fruit trees · gardening · greenhouses · historical gardens · historical re-enactment · nineteenth century life · organic garden · organic growing · servants quarters · stately home · victorian
May
May 16th, 2009 3 Comments
I’ve been chained to my desk all week but just wanted to share how far spring has advanced while I haven’t been looking.
It’s Chelsea Flower Show next week and then it’ll be June any minute. There were cricketers in whites on Parker’s Piece in Cambridge today. The verges are gauzy with cow parsley. It even [...]
Tags: aquilegia · columbines · flowers · garden · gardening · honeysuckle · lupins · spring
Hunting signs of spring
March 20th, 2009 1 Comment
Today is the equinox and the official beginning of spring. Signs of it are catching hold all across East Anglia. Yesterday I popped into the gardens at Blickling Hall to see their lovely dell full of hellebores – if the weather holds this weekend will be the perfect time to visit them.
It’s a blowsy spring [...]
Tags: architecture · blickling hall · classical · east anglia · east of england · garden · garden design · gardening · gardens · hellebores · jacobean · national trust · norfolk · planting · plants · seasonal · spring · spring flowers · tree ferns
Wimpole Hall Farm and Gardens
September 23rd, 2008 No Comments
In the last few sunny weekends of the year, the outdoor parts of Wimpole Hall near Royston are worth a lingering visit, either if you’ve got kids or are enthusiastic about gardening.
I fall into the enthusiastic about gardening category, so I loved the victorian walled kitchen garden. Surrounded by beautifully mellow brick walls with fruit [...]
Tags: cambridgeshire · childrens · east anglia · farm · gardening · hall · national trust · wimpole