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Author: Zoe

Freelance graphic designer, illustrator, allotment gardener.

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More than just a patch of earth

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Chickpea triumph

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The joys of June

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Welcome!

I’m a designer and illustrator who is passionate about gardening and in particular growing fruit and vegetables on my allotment.

The gallery of pictures on the home page show some of the items that are for sale in my Etsy shop. You can click on the link on that page, or the orange Etsy badge below, to visit the shop.

On the blog page, you can read about my allotment. There are posts about what and how I grow, how I combat pests and diseases, and how I store and preserve my harvests, along with as many photos as possible.

I also keep a little journal where I practice my drawing skills by documenting my allotment journey in ink and watercolours.

You can also follow me on Instagram and Twitter under the account @zoes_garden for more regular updates on my plot and prints.

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Ignore the weeds in the background, but look my first asparagus spear! 💃 I just popped to the plot to harvest more rhubarb (I’ve taken to eating it lightly stewed on top of my oats for breakfast 😋) and I spotted this. Okay it’s only 1 spear, I shall try not to get too carried away 🤩🥳☺️ but I don’t normally see mine until May. #asparagus #firstasparagus #allotmentveg #easilypleased

As much as I love root trainers, a toilet roll tube is the next best thing. Mangetout peas (golden sweet) now planted. #organicgardening #growyourownfood #growwhatyoueat #vegetablegardening

A new listing in my Etsy shop. This is a downloadable pdf for a set of garden planner sheets for you to print off at home. I know how organised you lot are, so I hope you’ll love these as much as I do. They’re a great addition to my little green journals. There’s a weekly, monthly and yearly planner, seed buying and sowing planners, and meal and recipe planners. All in colour or black and white (with different illustrations) and a few landscape options too. A4 and US letter sized. A huge thanks to @sierramaydell for requesting this (though to be fair she only requested a weekly planner, I got a bit carried away 😂) and for working with me to get them just right. So here’s to getting that garden or allotment planned!

I decided to do a more detailed study of all the tulips I’m growing, just for an excuse to draw tulips really! The Red Impression tulips (pencil sketch bottom left) are growing on the allotment. They’re a Darwin tulip, and I’ve been growing them for 8 or 9 years now, they come up reliably every year and never mind me cutting masses for the house. The more fancy pants Peach Blossom and Madonna are growing together in pots around the garden. These types of tulips rarely last beyond 2 years, so I just enjoy them while I can. And the elegant bright orange Ballerinas are pushing their way through the forget-me-nots in the borders. All so different and yet each has its place in my heart. #ilovetulips #gardenjournal #naturejournal #tulipillustration #tulipsdrawing

I could have swore these tulips were Spring Green when they came up, but then they turned out all frilly like parrot tulips. I've now decided they must be Madonna. That'll serve me right for randomly picking up tulips in the garden centre 6 months ago and not keeping the packaging! 😂#tulipmadonna #madonnatulips #tulipmania #parrottulips

Root trainers. Honestly, one of the best things I bought for my allotment a few years ago. If you don’t have any of these yet, I highly recommend the investment. They’re great for peas, beans and sweetcorn to encourage the roots to go down and not around. They open up to make transplanting easy with less disturbance, and despite them looking a little flimsy, I’ve been reusing these for 5 or 6 years now and hopefully much longer. I know plastic isn’t great, and I do use toilet roll tubes too, but I make an exception for these. Here’s hoping someone makes a recyclable version soon. UPDATE: according to their website they are made from 100% recycled and recyclable plastic, which is something at least. These are my chickpeas I planted at the weekend. A bit early, but you can see the roots needed the extra space. #growyourownfood #roots #planting #growingvegetables #roottrainers

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