Photo / Martin Labar The Middlemist Red camellia, considered the world’s rarest, is in full bloom at Chiswick House and Gardens conservatory. The camellia, one of only two in the world (the other is located in New Zealand), arrived in Britain from its native China …
Have you ever watched a florist take a couple of stems and some leaves, suddenly twist them into a cellophane-covered work of art in a matter of seconds, and thought “I wish I could do that!”? If so, then a new series of floristry workshops …
It’s been a good day for Nine Elms: the US Embassy has the initial go-ahead, and now New Covent Garden Market has set Foster + Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects onto a redesign of the wholesale food and flower market. Parts of the old flower …
Image author’s own While our sister sites revelled in their Stateside day of glory, welcoming Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America, we also had something to celebrate. We may not have much Obama glamour thronging our streets this week, …
Modern life is dangerous. Fact. If you’re not knifed in the ribs by a teen after your fancy trainers, you’re bound to come a cropper by tripping on one of the myriad obstacles that litter the streets. But not in Epping High Street, oh no! …
We told you so. Or, at least, Titchmarsh did. Green is BIG in gardens this year. The Chelsea judges agreed and awarded Best in Show to the Laurent Perrier Garden which is almost exclusively green foliage bar a broody water feature being something of an …
Two pink ladies admire their flower arrangements According to Alan Titchmarsh this evening, the big thing at this year’s show for gardens is green. Lots of green. Who’d have thought it? Thankfully, as these beautiful shots testify, there is plenty of colour to go round …
Heart it or hate it, you can’t argue with the fact that Valentine’s Day and all its attendant sentiment inspire some pretty fantastic photography. We’ve rounded up some of our favourites from our friends in the Londonist Flickr group. Enjoy… Heart, courtesy of buckaroo kid’s …
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