Kaleidoscope Gardens of Paris

Late summer city gardens in Paris – painted with an Impressionist's brush of faceted annuals and perennials.

French Country Summer

Blue doors. Roses. Ancient stone. We were pretty much in heaven in the French countryside in early June.

Serendipity in the form of a small local guidebook led us to a private garden gem on our way to Mont Saint Michel.



I'm kind of surprised we came home at all!


Our complete collection of hundreds of French country garden images will be online in a few weeks. Until then, we hope you are enjoying summer days in a beautiful garden!

Vintage Roses

Vintage style is more and more popular in decor, crafting, styling, advertising and publishing. We have an extensive collection of vintage-look images which we'll be making available for licensing over the next few months.

The first collection now online is Vintage Roses, a nostalgic, gently faded series of beautiful cottage and garden rose images. You can see it here!

Multi-Hued Hydrangeas

A random sampling of hydrangea blooms from our garden revealed a gorgeous spectrum when gathered together!





And arranged with some of the abundant roses created a fantasy garden hat.


See these and many more images here!

New David Austin English Rose Images

Newly added to our English Roses Collection!

Peonies and Roses

"...and smell'st so sweet." – Shakespeare

Othello. Act IV, Scene 2

Inspired by one of my three new David Austin roses, 'Othello', a Venetian-themed essay of roses and peonies.

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Rosa 'Othello'

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Rosa 'Mary Rose'

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Rosa 'Eglantyne'

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Set against one of our oil paintings of Venice...

and a harlequin from my collection of Venetian masks.

Antique Rose Farm

Antique. Rose. Farm.

Three words we love.

And together forming the name of a place of vintage beauty and charm that we visited on Saturday, the first sunny day after a dreary succession of decidedly un-summery days.

Roses and barns and cows and antiques and garden delights aplenty.

And a sunny field brimming with old garden roses, scampering on trellises and clambering over arbors.

Displays to inspire...

And, of course, lots of farm-style homes for the birds!

A delightful day out in the country!