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Pleased to see this small garden in North London designed by Manoj Malde appear in the April issue of Gardeners’ World Magazine.
#gardenersworldmagazine #feature #gardenstory #gardendesigner #london #smallgarden #urbangarden #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #manojmalde

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A few gurning games seem to be floating around on social media at the moment..a few have come in my direction! So hopefully this will suffice. As nominated by @timothymale , #gamefacechallenge.
I won’t nominate anyone...except maybe @therealwilly_g ! But anyone else feel free to play. 😊
Picture from Staines Regatta 2016 by @samatkinsonjones . I think some of the best fun in rowing is at these late summer regattas, so let’s hope they will still happen this year.
#stainesregatta #rowing #sculling #race

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Blue sky thinking. From the archive, Conil de la Frontera. Spent so long up on this rooftop looking out and planning.
#blueskythinking #planning #conildelafrontera #andalucia #spain #costadelaluz

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From the archive....on a race track somewhere, can’t remember where. I wore that Sargeant Bilko T-shirt till it fell off me. 😬
#fromthearchive #carshoot #monochrome #portrait #photoshoot #whatcarmagazine #carphotographybyjjgarcia

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Scullers Head 2014. Think I took this from Barnes Bridge. An interesting concept at the moment.
#scullershead #sculling #rowing #thames #riverthames #race #mortlake #london

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Bee orchids, I believe. Out of around 28,000 known species of orchid, I think I can identify two. (Apart from the ones you buy in M&S!). But happy for correction.
Found these little chaps growing by a footpath in Spain a while back on a plot of land set aside for building houses. They probably appeared because the land had been left undisturbed for a few years. As they are quite small, I was pleased to spot them - about three in total.
They appear in March and April in the South of Spain and the following year I counted around 70 plants. The next year they had gone. Always illusive.
#beeorchid #spain #andalucia #conildelafrontera #costadelaluz #spring #springcolour #wildflowers

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Inside looking out. Lovely light this evening. We’re normally entertained by the church organist but today, somewhere behind the trees, was a classical violinist. Couldn’t quite see where, but a perfect accompaniment for a spring afternoon. There was even a Peacock butterfly sunning itself.
#sunset #church #london #ealing #acton #westlondon #iphoneonly #lockedin #lookingout #fromthebathroomwindow

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March shapes, colours and textures - from the archive.
#fromthearchive #winter #wintercolour #trees #closeup #colour #abstract #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #monochrome #blackandwhite

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Sad to hear that this little chap, Boris, went to the big kennel in the sky last week. Chief dog at the @innertemplegarden and photo assistant on many photo shoots there, I’m sure quite a few visitors will have met him. Always present with owner and former head gardener, @andreabrunsendorf, a small gallery of snaps taken on visits to the garden.
#dog #dogsofinstagram #innertemplegarden #gardenphotographer #gardenphotographer #portrait #animalportrait #feature #gardenfeature

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Walking in Tarifa and Conil. Looking forward to more soon. Stay safe folks and keep smiling. 😊
#andalucia #tarifa #conildelafrontera #conil #spain #walking #costadelaluz #coastoflight #beach #sunset #bougainvillea

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Kitchen floor exhibition. Making good use of isolation time! Probably the last of these big prints for the time being.
#riverthames #thames #london #beautifullondon #prints #archivalprints #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscape #urbanlandscape

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There’s no such thing as too many Françoise Hardy albums. 😊 Love these 1960’s, early 1970’s cover artworks, with the beautiful photography of @jeanmarieperierofficial Having a tidy up!
#françoisehardy #vinyl #records #classicalbums #1960’s #vinyljunkie #havingasortout #filing

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Trees along the towpath with curious forms..for a bit of fun. 😊
1. Cousin It from the Adams Family.
2. The eyes have it. A bit Harry Potter, you definitely feel you’re being watched as you walk by.
3. Gonzo from the Muppets.
#trees #curiousforms #thames #thamesfootpath #london #treeswithcuriousforms #riverthames #walking

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The wonderful world of tulips. Some spring colour from a plant trial at Capel Manor. @plantnews Janice, remember these? The results of your green-fingers I believe.
#tulips #spring #capelmanor #whichgardening #colour #stilllife #studio #gardenphotography #gatdenphotographer #planttrial #trialsfield #flowers #plantportrait #closeup #softfocus

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The Straits of Gibraltar and Conil - March 2018.
#cooltones #conildelafrontera #straitsofgibraltar #stormyseas #spain #andalucia #thecoastoflight #costadelaluz #sea #landscape #fromthearchive

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As an addendum to the previous post, I realised there is an incorrect image in the montage. The above photo should be image 2 with the caption.... 2. Rubia tinctorum (common name - Madder) A plant that 'helps the yellow jaundice and therefore opens the obstructions of the Liver and Gall; it is given with good success to such as have bruises by falls, stops the Looseness, the Haemorrhoids, and the Terms in women.’ It was also used to produce the dye, alizarin, which Wikipedia quotes as the red dye used by the English Parliamentary ‘New Model Army’ to colour their uniforms.
#rubiatinctorum #medicinalplants #roots #royalcollegeofphysicians #garden #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer #feature #gardenstory

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For a bit of fun in the current climate. The power of plants - medicinal plants whose roots were authorized for use in the ‘Pharmacopoeia Londinensis’ published by The Royal College of Physicians in 1618. With the never ending search for cures and remedies, some excerpts from 17th century approaches to medicine.
They were grown in the gardens of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and were photographed in December 2009 with the kind help of Dr. Henry Oakeley and Head Gardener, Jane Knowles.
1. Chelidonium majus (common name - Greater Celandine): A plant recommended for curing jaundice, opacities in the cornea, and a popular remedy for treating warts. Little current use in modern medicine.

2. Rubia tinctorum (common name - Madder) A plant that 'helps the yellow jaundice and therefore opens the obstructions of the Liver and Gall; it is given with good success to such as have bruises by falls, stops the Looseness, the Haemorrhoids, and the Terms in women.’ It was also used to produce the dye, alizarin, which Wikipedia quotes as the red dye used by the English Parliamentary ‘New Model Army’ to colour their uniforms.

3. Scrophularia nodosa (common name - Knotted Figwort) : A plant which apparently cures the 'King's Evil by being only hung about the neck'. And, if you 'bruise it, and apply it to the place, it helps the Piles or Haemorrhoids'. Little current use in modern medicine.

4. Valeriana officinalis (common name - Common Valerian, Garden Heliotrope, Setwal ): A plant used to 'comfort the heart, stir up lust, stop fluxes and provoke urine.’ Currently used as a sedative in Italy.
5. Arctium lappa (common name - Burdock): A plant that 'helpeth the bitings of mad dogs, expels wind and easeth pains of the teeth.' Today it is made into a sweetener for diabetics and used to treat cancer.

6. Aconitum napellus (common name - Monkshood or Wolfsbane): A plant which was used for almost everything, including 'paralysis, epilepsy, rheumatic and neuralgic pains, dropsy, uterine complaints and intermittent fevers.' Due to its toxic nature, it is no longer used in pharmacy.
#royalcollegeofphysicians #medicinalplants #roots #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer

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Nice to be in a launch yesterday to see some good side by side racing between @putneytownrc and Auriol Kensington RC in prep for the Head of the River Race next weekend.
#horr #headoftheriver #thames #rowing #racing #putneytownrowingclub #riverthames #hammersmithbridge

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When British Airways overbook a flight and ask you to travel the following day. From August 2013 - 24 hours walking around Gibraltar with my camera, courtesy of BA.

1. Views over Catalan Bay from Hotel Caleta
2. Slightly bizarre being able to walk across the airport runway. In Gibraltar, the road leading to the Spanish border crosses the runway.
3. Houses and apartments
4. The old cemetery where some of the casualties from the Battle of Trafalgar are buried, along with the more recent cemetery which is next to the airport runway.
5. Shops and side roads
6.Residents and holiday makers.
7. Catalan Bay and Hotel Caleta
8. Catalan bay and views views from the plane looking towards Gibraltar and down towards La Linea, on the Spanish side of the border.
#gibraltar #hotelcaleta #catalanbay #gibraltarairport #spain #lalinea #urbanwalks #holiday #walking #sunrise #sea #landscape #urbanlandscape

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Mortlake- A beautiful calm has returned.
#mortlake #london #beautifullondon #thames #riverthames #sunset #spring #iphoneonly

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Next round of RHS portfolio judging. More excellent entries this year.
#rhs #portfolio #wisley #rhsportfolio2020 #flowers #gardenphotography #gardenphotographer

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Strand-on-the-Green and Oliver’s Ait.
#strandonthegreen #oliversait #kew #thames #riverthames #sunset #reflections #sky #clouds #iphoneonly

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Thames footpath, Mortlake.
#thames #riverthames #london #urbancountryside #log #bughotel #details #textures #monochrome #blackandwhite #iphoneonly #walking #treestump

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New A2 prints.
1: Mortlake
2:Strand-on-the-Green.
3: Image 1 as used by Tate Modern on a Tube poster for one of their events in 2018.
#thames #riverthames #river #london #archiveprints #monochrome #blackandwhite #tatemodern

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