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The momentary beauty of flowers and nature as they appear and fade throughout the year.
I study, identify and collect wild flowers from the countryside. I also grow flowers and fruit in my garden which I feature in my botanical images. My floral photography featured here has been created either in the United Kingdom or Portugal.
I like to seek inspiration with a walk in the countryside, observing and embracing the colours and rhythm of the season. Wild flowers never cease to amaze me.
Most of the flowers in my botanical photos are wild or grown in my garden. Often it begins with a seed which I plant and nourish. The flora and nature finds are always seasonal or locally sourced or dried in my studio after they are picked. I create my floral art compositions on canvas or real backdrops at my home. They are then shot in natural light. A moment in nature’s time captured.
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I regularly post my botanical images in my Instagram gallery.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
Henry David Thoreau
The Weekend
On fire 
Summer loving 
Last stand
September Abundance – Algarve 
Mad March tea party – Algarve
Caught in the Wind 
Algarve – The awakening – Spring
If you are interested in prints or a giclee canvas of my botanical art photos you can find out more here. Do email me if you’re interested in ordering one as I plan to have some available in the near future.
Seasonal botanical tales
Each one is a seasonal story.
My floral art is inspired by the seasons and my location. They are visual stories celebrating what is growing or even fading, whether cultivated or wild or both, and each a celebration of nature.
Copyright Kriss MacDonald 2021. All rights reserved.
![A secret of my garden is that here and there it is filled with fruits, flowers and herbs that have medicinal and culinary benefits. I know I’m rather fond of flowers’ common names, but also getting clues from their Latin names. Borage, Sage, Pot Marigold (Borago officinalis, Salvia officinalis, Calendula officinalis)…all have Latin names ending with ‘officinalis’ meaning ”of the apothecary shop.” Early pharmacies or apothecary shops were known as officinas🌿🌱🌺
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We have two lemon trees that provide fruit all year round. 🍋Lemons are ‘Citrus medica’…medica meaning useful as a medicine or curative. I’ve sprinkled rose petals on cakes and in baths. I also have Aloe vera in my succulent garden area in case we need it for sunburns. I have Rose pelargonium shrubs flowering in the garden all grown from little cuttings.
[Gifted Book] And now I also have lots of skin care recipes to try out, many which include ingredients in my garden or kitchen, after being gifted this book by the @herbalacademy … I think the Gardener’s Hand Cream recipe will be a must for me! (see my Story )
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This has also given me a wonderful flashback of when my now teen-wild-twins were toddlers. We lived in London and my favourite retreat with them was driving over and spending a morning wandering around and sitting on one of the lawns at the Chelsea Physics Garden of which I was a member…it was originally founded in 1673 by Apothecaries to grow and study key medicinal plants. There was always a magical and peaceful feeling there – and without fail it had a surprising curative effect on my twins as they always laughed quietly and played beautifully there!](https://wildabouthere.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)