![My shady garden in summer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f613eb474bfb73a5b74aaae/1668975811326-WDQ0UO96V8UO7TLDBUKH/insta-backgarden2-web.jpg)
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.
![Margaret Mee (1909-1988)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f613eb474bfb73a5b74aaae/1611618117605-E983FVIZUOQ3CQN4HW98/maraget-2.jpg)
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).