Planes, Plants & Pens (summer livin')

There definitely seemed to be a reoccurring theme for me throughout my travels...yep, plants.

This summer I travelled through London, Amsterdam, Berlin and around Cornwall. I hung out with some beautiful friends, explored an ancient village and stepped inside the most awe-inspiring cathedral. I had picnics on a canal in Amsterdam and drank beer inside a seven hundred year old British pub. I swam in the Atlantic and hiked the coastal path with the turquoise ocean, rolling purple heather and open sky above me.

Needless, to say, I took lots of inspiration away from my trip, but something I loved the most was  all the plants. Along with coming across wild flowers on the coast, and some beautiful public gardens, I got to explore some spectacular botanical gardens. I saw the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam, Berlin-Dahlem garden in Berlin and Kew in London. 

(Yes, I took way too many photos on my trip!) But here are a few botanical favourites. Let's see how they weave their way into my new work...

I got the chance to take a botanical illustration workshop in London lead by one of my fav illustrators. It was also in the most beautiful setting, a green house at the top of a restaurant where we were served lunch made of the vegetables we had just been drawing.

Farmer's market loot and a canal-side picnic with a good friend!

Cornwall was breath-taking and I loved walking 3 sections of the Coastal path.

A little sketch inside the Fern room at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical gardens. It felt like home in there, so I sat down and stayed a while.