Author Archives: Laetitia Maklouf

Pod love

May 17, 2012 – 6:27 am

I adore the London Eye…I went on it when it was born and I think it’s one of London’s better things. …Plants make it even BETTERER This was Andy Sturgeon’s one-day pod-fantasy conceived for a project called Cityscapes. …It is very, very very pretty, especially when the Thames is all a-glitter…. Plant list is simple: [...]

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Enough with the rain already!

May 9, 2012 – 2:30 pm

Here are some edible flowers … eye food as much as tummy food, and an antidote to this chilly rain… Lilac is one of my favourite velvety petal foods. Fling it in salads or on top of a cake. …but there is also sweet cicely   …and forgetmenots (of which I have an embarrassment) … [...]

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My mother’s camellias

April 25, 2012 – 4:33 pm

…She hasn’t space for bushes…so instead she wall-trains them. …It takes a while…. These have been here for as long as I can remember – (the pink one was given to my mother at the birth of my older brother)….What I’m trying to say is that they’re older than ME. I don’t remember them ever [...]

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The Greens

April 17, 2012 – 3:27 pm

Tulipa ‘Spring Green’ This, and T. Princess Irene are probably (PROBABLY) my favourites….although I won’t be HELD to that. New, baby box leaves. The velvety softness of them, and that wonderful smell of NEW….best part of spring? Quite possibly.   Lovage – starts off all curly and shy, and then it turns proudly into a [...]

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An Honesty Meadow

April 16, 2012 – 6:50 pm

Here’s the poppy garden that I posted on way back when… All done up with honesty and erysimum… The owners don’t go in for any fancy gardening…. They just SCATTER seeds, and do nothing else.. Very bad photos…sorry.  

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April Blues

April 16, 2012 – 8:09 am

Three blue things making my heart sing this month:   Forgetmenot (myosotis) – which carpets and spreads so obligingly. It was here when I arrived, and has now migrated to every pot on my terrace. I don’t mind a bit. The most perfect of blues …in my humble opinion.   Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) – I [...]

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April whites

April 13, 2012 – 7:05 am

Pear blossom – this one is Concorde. There is something about pear leaves, and the clumsy, hopefulness of them.   Clematis montana – exquisite, rich scent. Don’t know what this one’s called, because it’s not mine…I ‘borrow’ it, from my neighbour. If anyone knows do please tell me.   Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ – just bursting [...]

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April Newness

April 12, 2012 – 7:54 am

S’been a while since I posted ‘the garden’ Some time last year I stopped taking monthly pictures (just because)… But now I’ve discovered Pinterest,  so I’m starting again. Here’s my April image…and my leading ladies – the tulips (which, by the way, were planted not last autumn, but the autumn BEFORE). The arches look a little wonksome, don’t [...]

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Lip bump bliss

April 11, 2012 – 12:07 pm

The garden is looking rather delicious…in spite of me. Tulips up and out and better than they were last year. Sometimes I think the secret to this whole gardening lark is to be rather minimal when it comes to work. I’m going to take the tulips’ portraits and post them soon, but right now, it’s [...]

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A rose and sweet pea arch

March 29, 2012 – 11:00 am

My new book, Sweet Peas for Summer is in the SHOPS, so I thought I’d do a little recipe in its honour I’ve been wanting arches in my garden for quite some time now, (for sweet pea frolics and in order to satisfy my climbing rose fetish) and I’ve been holding back mainly because I [...]

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