Inky fingers - a photo blog of my recent block printing designs
May 05, 2016 • Naomi Southon
Harlow Carr and the first signs of Spring
March 06, 2016 • Naomi Southon
A photo blog of Harlow Carr in mid February.
Harewood House in Photos
August 10, 2015 • Naomi Southon
My recent trip to Harewood House in photos, the bits that interested me!
Just Makers at Harlow Carr
August 05, 2015 • Naomi Southon
If you haven't discovered Just Makers at Harlow Carr RHS gardens you have missed a gem! I'll start from the beginning. Harlow Carr is the RHS garden situated in Harrogate and is a fabulous place to visit particularly with families. There are wide open spaces and magnificent flower beds and a terrific adventure playground tucked away between the trees at the far side. As you wind your way between the architectural allium.... ....and glorious sea holly you arrive at the bottom of the valley and there you will find Just Makers. Housed in the beautiful Old Bath House building Just...
An amazing hidden world under our noses
August 03, 2015 • Naomi Southon
Out there, in our back gardens is an amazing hidden world under our noses. Few people realise what details pass by us everyday because of the tiny scale in which it exists. Large Yellow Underwing - what the moth should have looked like! By Jerzy Strzelecki (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons A perfect example of this occurred one day after school when my daughter was playing in the garden and she called for me to come and see a moth she had found. It was a Large Yellow Underwing, we get a lot in...