This week’s Designer Desire feature is of Londoner, Ron Hitchins (1926-2019). He lived a very diverse and colourful life; as well as producing magnificent, sculptural artworks, he’d been a tailor and British pioneer of Spanish dance. He initiated the Ron Hitchins Dance Bursary and was known in Flamenco dance circles as “El Chino”. His work […]
We’ve been doing lots of potting on in the garden in the past couple of weeks. With all the dividing and repotting of our hostas and astilbes and moving seedlings up a size, we’re running out of pots. We have lots & lots of little pots – the ones that are perfect for planting seeds […]
credit This week’s Home Tone is terracotta. We’re sticking with the natural material for our images – whether it be floor tiles, brickwork or pots. This is our favourite use of the colour, particularly when it’s aged or weathered. The baked clay of terracotta comes in various shades from light & chalky to dark orange, […]
Our small Pennine garden has woken up – well, started to at least! We’ve been out at the weekend sweeping, potting up seeds, planting strawberries and some colourful annuals. We have lots of shady corners, so hostas and astilbes do really well. Ferns like it here too – we’re really fond of these little ones […]
