Great Garden Buys

If you live in Oxfordshire and are interested in wine, I’ll bet you can name one or two of the local vineyards; or possibly even three or four. But did you know there are now 15 commercial vineyards/wineries in Oxfordshire producing wine?

Artist and computer programmer David Woollard uses computer technology to create detailed and imaginative drawings ranging from detailed geometric mandalas and pictures of chaos theory to typographical slogans and golden will-o-the-wisp fractals that seem to hang three-dimensional in space.

This month we’ve chosen art inspired by the elements: the earth, soil and stone; the air, wind and weather, water and fire.

Autumn is widely recognised as a season when deciduous tree foliage can put on a spectacular show as the days get shorter and the temperatures start to drop. However, there is a family of plants which can truly bring flower borders alive in September and October with their vibrant colours which range from dark blues and purples through to paler shades of lilac to pink and white. Some might know these spectacular and vibrant perennials as Michaelmas Daises as they bloom around the time of St Michael’s Day on the 29 September.