Issue 2: Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus)

Everything you need to know about your soon to be favourite garden mainstay.

Including:
Nasturtiums: a botanical introduction with illustrations by Giuliano Bolivar
Nasturtiums in art history – an overview of nasturtiums in art
Just put them in the ground and you’re good – an interview with photographer and gardener Elspeth Diederix (they’re her favourite plant)
Noni’s nasturtium recipes
Tucked in the back of the nursery, hangin’ out and kinda rambling – Hanging nasturtiums in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museums (Boston, US)
a set of veg patch miniatures by Hugo Rocci

Cover and inside cover are by Mark Prendergast and graphic design is by fanfare.

 

Pleasant Place is a growing collection of publications about the art of gardening. Pleasant Place informs and inspires by offering both practical and in-depth information as well as unexpected approaches to everyday garden tasks and garden design. Through collaborations with experts and artists Pleasant Place caters both to those who grow gardens as well as those who imagine gardens.