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moments in pot culture: the magnolia
Words by Jessica Peace ‘Flight of the Magnolia’ (1944), is part of Paul Nash’s ‘aerial flowers’ series. On a trip to Devon his mate Gillian Barnard...
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make your own meadow
Words by Jessica Peace Wildflower fan? Wildlife lover? Bored of your lawn? Lazy with your mower?... All of these are reasons to get rid of your law...
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moments in pot culture: the hyacinth
Words by Jessica Peace “Beauty dies: that is the source / of creation”, writes American poet laureate and pulitzer prize winner Louise Glück in ‘Hy...
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dripping with colour: pierre bonnard at the tate modern
Words by Jessica Peace On now at the Tate Modern is their MASSIVE Pierre Bonnard exhibition: ‘The Colour Of Memory’. We went down for a gander this...
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baby maker (make a recycled propagator)
Words by Jessica Peace If you’re gagging to start sowing your seeds then it’s time to get all Blue Peter on your windowsill. There are two options ...
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moments in pot culture: the bamboo
Words by Jessica Peace “...You can get your kicks in THE HOUSE OF BAMBOO!...” It’s hard not to write down ALL of the lyrics to Andy Williams’, ‘The...
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roses get us grace and horny
Words by Jessica Peace Raindrops on roses and … THAT scene from American Beauty... that New Order cover… that fella who grows loads… These are a fe...
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rosey cheeks
Words by Jessica Peace ROSE WATER (the easiest one) You’ll need a bunch of roses, a kitchen and some sterilised glass jars Nip off your petals and ...
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an extraordinary place
Words by Jessica Peace BRINGING THE WORLD TO FOREST HILL … and an EXTRAORDINARY world The Horniman Museum is too. It’s another story of one of tho...
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plant porn: wintersweet
Words by Jessica Peace This sexy bush brings the ruckus. NAMECHECK Its posh name is Chimonanthus fragrans and it literally means ‘winter’ (Chimo) -...
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keeping it wild in peckham
Words by Jessica Peace Fancy knowing a bit about wildlife gardening? You’d better get yourself down to Peckham - you heard. PECKHAM WILD STYLE Wha...
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get your chillies in (while it’s chilly)
Words by Jessica Peace Chillies take their sweet time so getting planting now! Grab yourself some seed compost so you don’t burn your chilli seeds;...
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