There’s a certain joy that comes from turning a corner and finding a building completely covered in flowers. It's like the building decided to bloom.

I’ve always been drawn to that contrast: the wildness of nature against the structure of architecture. It’s something I find myself sketching time and again.

Like the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh—a place that already has such a serene energy. I wanted to capture that sense of the garden spilling out into the world.

Or Great Dixter House & Gardens in East Sussex—what a place. The bold blooms seem to have their own personalities, climbing up and around the old Arts and Crafts house like it’s part of the landscape. It’s chaotic and full of character. That’s the kind of garden I love painting.

One of my favourites to paint was La Coupée in Sark—that incredible walk across the narrow clifftop path, with nothing but sea on either side.

And then there’s the Kyoto Garden in Holland Park—such a peaceful spot, tucked away in the middle of West London. The cherry blossoms fall so delicately there.

Even the New Forest has its own kind of bloom. Not in the traditional floral sense, but in the way the greenery rolls and the ponies roam through it like they’ve always belonged here.

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