A Spring Garden In New Zealand

  

A Spring Garden in New Zealand

 

For  my Christmas blog I am posting some photos of my Spring garden.

It was colourful and attracted many bees and insects, it contained many

weeds which they like more than my carefully selected flowers.

The foxgloves grow wild in the country side around here but they are an

introduced plant, not a native one.

There are geums, columbines and wild carrots to name a few,

At first I thought that they would smother the roses but lately the rose

bushes have come into their own, even surviving the blustery wind and

heavy rain which we had earlier this month.

At the back is an old fashioned weeping cherry tree which, when it blooms

looks like a handkerchief tree.

This is my lavender garden before it was in full flower.

Wishing you all a Meri Kirihimete.

All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2023

 

A  New  Exhibition

In December I am having an exhibition at Pataka in Porirua

it will open at 2pm on Saturday the ninth of December in the Toi

Gallery.  You are most welcome to come along and have a look.

This work is called Waterloo Sunset, painted from a scarf I 

  found in London in 1970

The exhibition will run from 8th December 2023 until 21st of January 2024

The title of the exhibition is Touches of Silence, this is because

it is about the art of stitchery.  Anyone who has sewn will know

about the concentration required and the dismay of interruption

This work is called Emelda after the mannequin who wore this amazing dress

 in the Ranfurly Art Deco museum in Central Otago.

Find out more about the exhibition at this link:

 https://pataka.org.nz/whats/exhibitions/touches-of-silence/

All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2023

Summer and Rain in New Zealand 

This year we have had so much rain recently and such extremes,firstly a very dry spell over Christmas and now floods. Another cyclone is approaching so more soggy garden  and boughs off trees.

Here are two paper cuts which I have made recently, the first one shows some of our small mountain plants and the other one even smaller plants from the microflora on Ulva Island which is a small Island off Stewart Island.  Here grows tiny liverworts, ferns and orchids which you have to really stop and look at closely, the tieke come down to see what is about, moving the leaf litter with their beaks and calling loudly to their .mates

All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2023