The Cottage, my family home lies nestled within the heart of the Shropshire woodlands. A place of rare beauty where the boundaries between landscape and cultivated flora and fauna blur seamlessly and harmoniously.

Images capture  the changing seasons, the intertwining  of life cycles and meaning, where flowers, foliage, and fledgling fruit trees carry the seeds of legacy and whisper stories of shared experience.
Nature’s choreography weaves a distinctive tapestry and acts as a soft-edged vessel for memory.

The garden can be seen as a metaphor for our shared journey through time. Embodying a past, present, and future.

I like to think the project itself is not solely a body of images but an invitation to contemplate the interplay of family bonds and environment, and to perhaps ponder on our perspectives on land and legacy and what that looks like for us.
Visiting my parents and taking these images has been a way of celebrating and honoring the commitment to care and nurture within my family.

Update 2025- This year having photographed more than in previous years since beginning the project, it really has been a source of joy and bonding with my folks, walking with my mum and step dad, seeing there immense commitment to planting and tending and the love they have for the roses and various fruit trees. There has been a hefty harvest of plums and apples and I began to use the medium format camera more frequently  and have been pleased with the results.I am nurturing  An idea for an outdoor in situ exhibition next summer with the accumulated images and my own little Pied a Terre on the land may add another layer to the project.And of course one day there will be a book but for now I am enjoying the process and the slow evolution and pace that mirrors the seasons that I am capturing.