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Sunday, June 13, 2010

London Greens

0 comments Posted by pece at 1:39 PM

I was sitting with author/blogger, Vicki Archer of French Essence and My French Life, drinking pink tea whilst discussing our various impressions of London and Paris...

When Vicki said,
"London is so much greener.
Paris has grandeur, but London is the greener of the two cities", it gave me pause.

Vickie lives half the time in Provence and half in London, so I'll take her word for it. Besides London is incredibly green. And hedges are huge here.

Both literally...

And figuratively, green hedges seem to be highly desirable.

Mini hedges for your window box if you don't own a manor house surrounded by huge hedges..?

This pub uses their hedge as a sign post:
"Those who give up
smoking aren't the heros.
The real heros are the rest of us,
who have to listen to them."

There's a ton of London greenery at the new Royal Academy Summer show like this is a tree-size painting...

Painter Olha Pryymak took me along to the private view as her guest.
This is the second year she's hung a painting in the show!
More to come on the exhibit later...

I met photographer/author Sue Snell by chance, foraging at a framers for my exhibit and we got chatting. Sue invited me to a book signing at Rococo Chocolates on Motcomb Street. You don't pass up that opportunity under any circumstances.

Sue's book on the Vanessa Bell/ Duncan Grant Gardens at Charleston is green, green and more luscious green.

*Note the hedge outside Rococo Chocolates...

Owner Chantal Coady started making deluxe chocolates around 1983. Here she's smiling behind a cocoa plant she grew from a pod. Chantal wanted to give me a pod to grow my own chocolate plant, but I'd rather eat her Rococo chocolate bars thanks very much. I do not have a 'green thumb' or 'green fingers' as they're called in the UK.

Miam-miam

I brought a box of Rococo chocolates to Ian Sidaway's garden party today. He immediately hid them from the guests! I will have to return to London to properly taste these chockies :(

After the chocolate signing, Sue let me tag along to the 'wild garden' at the Natural History Museum where she's showing her photographs.

Every single region of England is represented in this wild garden, weeds included. Sheep are brought in at certain times of the year to trim these grasses right in the center of London! Who knew?

Did I mention Vicki was appropriately wearing the most gorgeous apple-green shoes you can imagine. She says they're supremely comfortable too. Do not ask me to order them for you. She's forgotten where she bought them, so we'll all have to be green with envy together.

Meanwhile Tom the cat, has been working overtime bringing in 'the green'. He's sold 10 (!) watercolors actually all 15 have sold! so far and is demanding a higher cut. Grrrrrrrr...

I'm posting early, so I can wake up in time to catch the 5:25 am 'Chunnel' to Paris - what was I thinking?

BONJOUR LONDON GREENS!