Sharing eco wisdom… teaching my eco technique to local pupils

This week was a special one, quite a busy one in fact as well as hosting “The True Colour of the Cotinus” Exhibition at the Glasgow Botanical garden and a Cotinus printing masterclass I had the very great privilege to welcome the S1 pupils of a local school for a two days workshop in BotanicalContinue reading “Sharing eco wisdom… teaching my eco technique to local pupils”

From seeds to blue, in the Covid year of 2021, I grew Japanese Indigo in Scotland

Ashley Walker from Nature’s Rainbow says in his blog that “Japanese Indigo, Persicaria tinctoria or Polygonum tinctoria is a frost tender member of the knotweed family. Originally from China and Vietnam it likes to grow in warm moist climates,… ” and for that reason and others I always had in mind it would not grow in Scotland. After practisingContinue reading “From seeds to blue, in the Covid year of 2021, I grew Japanese Indigo in Scotland”