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Transylvania

Transylvania

By Amanda on February 11, 2010

For the past few years I’ve been working in rural Transylvania; forget what you know of Dracula, this is an incredibly beautiful and unspoilt region which deserves to be more widely known.

Transylvania is a province of Romania and lies in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, where wolves, lynxes and bears still run wild. Extensive [...]

Posted in General | Tagged Chelsea Flower Show, flowers, peonies, Romania, salvia, Salvia nutans, Transylvania | Leave a response

Snowdrops and ivy

Snowdrops and ivy

By Amanda on February 11, 2010

I put this little pot of snowdrops on my windowsill so I could play around with a light and dark background behind the flowers, and a bit of reflected light on the pot.  The contrasts between light and dark, and with strong geometry behind plants, is a theme I come back to time and again (and [...]

Posted in Garden Design, Illustration | Tagged flowers, ivy, snowdrops | Leave a response

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