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I’ve often mused that the shrubbery in my local park seems a good spot for Epipactis. Well braving funny looks from my bemused fellow dog walkers I plunged into the bushes and found five Broad-leaved Helleborines! 🎉 There are a LOT more bushes to investigate! 👀#Wildflowerhour

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2019-08-06

Not great pics as just phone snaps & it was gloomy in the shade of the trees but I enjoyed a quiet moment watching this wasp pollinating Broad-leaved Helleborine. It had pollinia attached to its head & bashfully peeped at me from between the blooms!

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2019-07-26

One reason I love living in Mid Devon is that it changes so much through the seasons. I photographed the lanes, forests & moors over the year - you can see the results here: https://t.co/4SUexgETym

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2019-07-08

Let's celebrate seaside holidays with this montage from Edwardian botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson

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2019-06-17

We've been seeking out all things orchidaceous for this week's Caroline Maria Applebee's delicate 19th century illustration shows 2 native UK orchid species - Ophrys insectifera (fly orchid) & Ophrys apifera (bee orchid).

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2019-06-10

Diana Ruth Wilson's incredible series of 200 watercolours record unusual plants that we have now lost or are losing in the local area

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2019-05-13

We've been plant hunting again for For this week's we're sharing some beautiful by Laurence Perugini (dated 1922), which features bladder campion (Silene vulgaris), red campion (Silene dioica) & blackberry (Rubus fruticosus).

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2019-05-06

Hawthorn in full bloom is a joy to behold! However, in May blossom is closely associated with death! To attract pollinators the flowers emit triethylamine which is one of the first chemicals produced when living tissue starts to decay.

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2019-04-25

So what did an 8 year old sharing my camera discover this week asides a Song thrush? Well, that Toads are tucked into stonewalls, blossoms vary and lime green Alexandras are now flanking our roadside verges

Think their parents will be seeking

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2019-02-25

This is my of White repens, for . I love clovers, and their amazing root nodules that fix N2. I sold the framed original of this yesterday, such a treat to have my going to a good home!

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2018-09-06

Stinking Iris or Roast Beef plant (Iris foetidissima) as portrayed by our Edwardian Botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson 1886-1969

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2018-08-27

A handful of medicinal herbs selected from the Wilson botanical collection

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2018-08-20

Appearing in a hedgerow near you, a selection of fruiting trees/shrubs as portrayed by our Edwardian botanical artist Diana Ruth Wilson (1886-1969)

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2018-08-13

A selection of hand-tinted pages from Diana Ruth Wilson's "Flora" of the Nilgiri Hills that complements our early collection of local botanical drawings

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2018-07-30

A selection of summer purples and pinks from the Diana Ruth Wilson botanical collection - all these 194 paintings of West Dorset flora are stunning when seen first-hand!

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2018-07-23