Bringing in the New Year!

New Bond Street decorations

The Paddington Trail

Thread Bear decorated by Matthew Williamson

The Paddington Trail
Rainbow was decorated by Darcey Bussell

In the spoon

Reflecting on coffee



Ladurée
1, the Market Covent Garden
WC2E 8RA London

Happy Christmas with lots of Lego!

Christmas Tree floating over the spiral staircase

All the way down to provisions



Fortnum and Mason

Christmas at the Cheese Shop - Paxton and Whitfield on Jermyn Street


Paxton and Whitfield

Under an Apricot Sky

London skyline

A busy day on the Millennium Bridge

and looking at the view behind -

Lions at the Tower

New Routemaster

by Candida Boyes

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

Legible London

by Fiona Stewart

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

Brolly Bus

by Jane Veveris Callan

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

Spectrum

by Kristel Pillkhan

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

Orla Kiely

by Sarah Jane Richards

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

Route Masters

by Edward Carvalho-Monaghan

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

Punk'ed

by Valerie Osment

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

Twenty Four Seven

by Deven Bhurke

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail  (Around the River) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

London Takes the Bus

 by Rod Hunt

One of the buses on London Transport's Sculpture Trail (Around Westminster) celebrating 2014 Year of the Bus.


Transport for London Sculpture Trails

And alligators, too - mind those snappers!


 

There be dragons - even in Birmingham



Dragon Inn

Chinese lanterns blowing in the wind


Chinese Quarter Birmingham

Blueberry turnips

Birmingham Markets

Beaks and bodies

Birmingham Markets

Blue slice


Birmingham Markets

Something exotic


Birmingham Markets

Pumpkin red



Birmingham Markets

A box full of scotch bonnets - hot stuff!
At Birmingham Bull Ring open air market, which has been around since 1166.



Birmingham Markets

Seeds

All the paraphernalia needed for seed collection on display at A Taste of Autumn at Wisley. Members of the RHS can order seeds collected from all four gardens for planting in the spring.


RHS Seeds for members

A harlequin of chillis at A Taste of Autumn




RHS Garden Wisley

Wisley cider on sale at A Taste of Autumn



RHS Garden Wisley

Spooky lanterns at A Taste of Autumn



RHS Garden Wisley

Just some of the veg grown at Wisley and on display at A Taste of Autumn


RHS Garden Wisley

. . . . and veg


RHS London Show

An abundance of fruit . . . . . .

RHS London Show

The Fungi Man and some honey, too.


RHS London Show

Liquorice roots, raw and refined!




RHS London Show

NAFAS displays at RHS London Harvest Show



RHS London Show
NAFAS

Stage

Stage is a 3D garden design by Jo Thompson, UK. A Late Baroque design.


miNiATURE
Jo Thompson
RHS London Show

This 3D Garden design is by the Dutch designer, Erwin Stam.Called 'Luxury Raingarden, inspired by Jacob', it is all about absorbing water that would otherwise be lost.



miNiATURE
Erwin Stam
RHS London Show

Over Under

This is one of the 3D printed designs made for the exhibition 'miNiATURE', created by Kajsa Björne, Andrew Fisher Tomlin and Tom Harfleet. It was on display at the RHS London Shades of Autumn  Show.
Models from world-renowned garden designers including Sarah Eberle, Jo Thompson, Jim Fogarty and Andy Sturgeon were featured. This one, called Over Under, is by Australian designer Myles Baldwin.


miNiATURE
Myles Baldwin
RHS London Show

Jolly gingerbread in Bournville on our walk around the scarecrow trail.