by Peter van der Walt | Aug 30, 2022 | Photos
Walking along the riverbank, and suddenly this temple to life itself crosses my path. It’s a small garden – but it contains the most bonsai plants I’ve ever seen in once place. I admire beauty wherever I find it – I love a good painting, statue...
by Peter van der Walt | Jul 28, 2022 | Photos
Outside of a home, in an urban environment, in front of a garage door, someone with the good sense not to own a car decided to share a little bit of beauty, colour and inspiration with the world. We love gardens – and having a place to ground outside is an...
by Peter van der Walt | Nov 10, 2021 | Photos
Well waddaya know, I might well just promise you a rose garden after all. That, or a ray of sunshine. Or a floral arrangement celebrating the rise of Imperial Japan. Or just a little hidden wonder, unexpected, revealing itself, almost announcing itself… bursting...
by Peter van der Walt | Oct 13, 2021 | Photos
Sometimes it is the littlest of the flowers that strike me as the most beautiful and interesting. In this informal English Garden, flowers have been allowed to grow wild in a section reserved just for them. Even the crow gets to enjoy the walk – and the bees and...
by Peter van der Walt | Apr 26, 2021 | Photos
The Romantic writers tended to glorify nature, often waxing lyrically about how inspiring nature was to them. The environment in sympathy with characters, setting as character, all those sorts of things. Now I don’t think anyone thus far mistook me for a romantic –...
