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moments in pot culture: parsley
Words by Jessica Peace This herb was BIG in the 60’s... Michael Bond’s ‘The Herbs’ (it’s on youtube, get it watched) gave the 1960’s its stop anima...
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interviews
the conscious designer - joseph gibson
Words by Jessica Peace WE STUMBLED ACROSS YOUR ‘CONSCIOUS CONSUMERISM’ GARDEN AT HAMPTON COURT A FEW MONTHS BACK - OUR JAWS HIT THE FLOOR. YOUR GAR...
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moments in pot culture: the apple
Words by Jessica Peace Don’t talk to strangers and don’t bite into apples given to you from old hags - poor Snow White found out the tough way in t...
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dalston eastern curve garden
Words by Jessica Peace THE RIGHT TO GREEN SPACE Eight years ago this Hackney sanctuary was just a train track and a pile of rubble; Marie Murray an...
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moments in pot culture: the strawberry
Words by Jessica Peace In Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello’ (1603 - ‘they’ think), the handkerchief that gets Desdemona into all that trouble is covere...
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moments in pot culture: the poppy
Words by Jessica Peace In 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae wrote the poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’ where he gestures to poppies that grow over sold...
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think winter veg now
Words by Jessica Peace Is it depressing to read the word ‘winter’? Soz. But it’s NEVER sad to chat veg… Basically, if you succeeded with your tat...
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seth banks, language and big plants
Words by Jessica Peace WHO IS GILBERT?Gilbert is not just your average Cheese plant. My parents brought him into their home 39 years ago - before I...
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moments in pot culture: the cactus
Words by Jessica Peace In 1937 plant hero Frida Kahlo paints the still life ‘Cactus Fruits’, critics argue the deep red fruits reference her own su...
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green up your gaff
getting the snip
Words by Jessica Peace If you’ve not experienced the intense satisfaction of snipping stems (correctly), my, my are you in for a treat?! Here’s a ...
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the barbican conservatory
Words by Jessica Peace A few of our G&T mates keep making noise about this place, Vevolution hang out there and Cléo Ferin Mercury sits for hou...
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moments in pot culture: the acanthus
Words by Jessica Peace Right back to the Romans and the Greeks, the floppy, unfurling leaf of the acanthus has been chiselled into pillars using p...
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a bit of art in hyde park
Words by Jessica Peace We LOVE our plants but we like a bit of arty too, so we took a stroll down Hyde Park to have a gander at this year’s Serpen...
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