Where Meadows & Gardens Grow Book by Jo Butcher

Author: Jo Butcher

Re-create the wonder and beauty of twelve picturesque scenes, as you join Jo on her journey to capture the realism of nature using her trademark layering technique, combining a simple watercolor wash, a handful of embroidery stitches and a palette of the prettiest colors.

Seascape

The water greets the sky surrounded by cow parsley, daisies and a scattering of tiny flowers
Hollyhocks

Elegant spires, in shades of dusky pink and soft green, stretch towards the sky
Bluebells Under the Birches

A carpet of pure, blue flowers spreads beneath a canopy of birch leaves
Topiary in the Border

Perfect topiary spheres rise above a colourful sea of iris, geum, verbena and echinacea flowers
Amongst the Daisies

A field of fresh, white daisies, some crowned with a golden eye, spread beneath the sun
Irises

Rich, velvety petals of the purple iris rise above a sea of sword-like leaves
Cottage Garden

Swathes of flowers, large and small, meld together in perfect harmony
Alliums &Topiary

Globes of purple allium flowers echo the neatly clipped sphere of a topiary ball
Silver Birches

Graceful trunks of ghostly white rise through a woodland garden of ferns and cow parsley
Foxgloves

In every shade of pink, proud foxgloves stand sentinel over their garden companions
Cow Parsley

The delicate lace of white cow parsley flowers decorates a field of wheat
Poppies & Cornflowers

Papery, pink skirts of poppy flowers twirl amongst the cornflowers