My Spring Garden
Here is a new watercolour and collage work to celebrate Spring, our garden
is full of blackbirds this year and I have spotted two nests. Although they
are not native to New Zealand we love having them around - they clear out
so many slugs from our seedlings. We have also had a bumper year with tui
feeding on nectar from our Kowhai trees.
Here is a photo of my first rose, it grew from a cutting from the Coromandel.
I believe that it is one of the first varieties to be grown in New Zealand and was
probably brought here by settlers in the nineteeth century. It flowers early
and prolifically and has a lovely perfume.
All images copyright France Jill Studd 2016
