Hedge bindweed, Calystegia sepium © Aislinn Adams 2009 A new greeting card. This week I post another botanical illustration from my Washington Post ‘Digging In’ gardening column days and the subject of my latest greeting card design- part of my Botanical Illustration Series #1. In this series I combine my illustrations with favorite quotations. For […]
© Aislinn Adams 2008 Squash, Cucurbita pepo. Celebrating the arrival of squash. Squash season is here so this week I’m posting a botanical illustration to celebrate its arrival. When I illustrated this black and white illustration for the “Digging In” gardening column of the Washington Post I didn’t have time to research its story. […]
© Aislinn Adams Turnip, Brassica rapa. A Botanical illustration of a vegetable with a very old pedigree, turnip, Brassica rapa. I chose the theme of fruit and vegetables for my June blogs but I have so many botanical illustrations to choose from my ten years illustrating the “Digging In” gardening column for the Washington Post […]
© Aislinn Adams Brown Marmorated Stink Bug and nymphs. A ‘botanical’ illustration that walked into my blog. All my blogs so far have been about my botanical illustrations. This week however, while continuing to write on the theme of fruit and vegetables, I write instead about an insect. This one appeared in our bathroom a […]
Bell pepper, Capsicum annuum © Aislinn Adams Bell Pepper, Capsicum annuum- a Central and South American native. Continuing my theme of fruit and vegetables I post an illustration of Bell pepper, Capsicum annuum, originally created for the “Digging In” gardening column of the Washington Post. Both hot and mild peppers come from the species Capsicum […]
© Aislinn Adams Plum Tomatoes Botanical illustrations to celebrate fresh fruit and vegetables. June has arrived -though you wouldn’t know it here in the Pacific North West with the record rainfall we are having- and with it our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) vegetable box. This weekly vegetable box comes from an organic farm 30 […]
Apple Blossom My earliest recollection of a “Botanical illustration” comes from an unlikely source. While browsing through my library of botanical illustrations, created for the Washington Post’s “Digging In” gardening column, I came across my illustration of an apple blossom (above). As I stopped to study it, unexpected memories surfaced. We all know the old […]
Peony “Anne Rosse”, Paeonia “Anne Rosse”. Peony “Anne Rosse” – behind every cultivated plant there lies a human story. This week I promised to write more about Birr Castle, Co. Offaly, Ireland, and it’s place in plant collecting history. For this purpose I post my botanical watercolor illustration Peony “Anne Rosse” from the series I […]
© Aislinn Adams Kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa Watercolor illustration for a change! All my blogs so far have featured black and white drawings for the “Digging in” gardening column of the Washington Post. This week I thought it was time to introduce some color by posting a watercolor illustration of Kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa. The […]
Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon Gardening with native plants and the joys of weeding! I have drawn my fair share of weeds over the past decade for the Washington Post’s “Digging In” gardening column. Some of the weeds I’ve drawn are true to their name without much to recommend them while others can be quite beautiful […]
