My shady garden in summer
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My shady garden in summer

I’m glad I found some time in the weekend to weed, sweep fallen leaves and tidy up my garden. Here’s a few details of the favourite parts of my shady back garden. It’s a mix of snowball viburnum shrubs, green and red Japanese Maples, campanula, Mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius) and viola.

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Margaret Mee ​(1909-1988)
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Margaret Mee ​(1909-1988)

While researching botanical illustrations and art, I came across the beautiful work of Margaret Mee. Margaret Mee was a English botanical artist and a conservationist. She travelled and lived in the Amazon Forest, Brazil in 1952 (aged 42).

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