THE CUT

moments in pot culture: the willow

Words by Jessica Peace Has your Nanna got any blue plates stuck up on her wall? The ‘willow pattern’ got big in Blighty in the late 1700’s after to...

moments in pot culture: the hibiscus

magic at the museum

Words by Jessica Peace Don’t underestimate Cicely Mary Barker’s ‘Flower Fairies’ - and their poetry, yes they lived in children’s books but these ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...