Alex Duffy

We ventured out on Sunday, the 28th of April, to fly around the garden with the drone and walk about with the camera, too, as the plants were gathering strength. In the last month, we have seen lots of progress in growth after a long, wet winter. We made a little film, with some close-ups of leaves added to aid in plant ID, and Nikki narrated, talking about the plants I had filmed and photographed. It's the first time we have edited and published footage from our drone (DJI Mavic 3 Pro Cine), which we got specifically to film plants and trees. We have a tree film in the making now, as we got this equipment at the turning of the leaves last Autumn and caught some beautiful colours. We hope you enjoy our little film. Part One https://vimeo.com/943931354/7c2cdc7a Part Two https://vimeo.com/944006240/588e5f9525

We will explore the amazing properties of these native plants- Heather, Daisy, Ox eye daisy, Pine, Bugle, Rosebay willowherb, Bramble, Hedge and Marsh Woundwort. We will also discover some of the valuable properties of some plants commonly grown as ornamentals- Cistus, Bay, Houttuynia, Clove pink, Immortelle, Dahlias, Bear's Breeches, Myrtle. These plants all have amazing therapeutic properties and deserve to be re-introduced into our materia medical.

We started the Wild Walkabout diaries in 2019, before our move in 2020, in Nikki's garden in Magourney around the renovated church we lived in then. I hope you enjoy this archive. Walkabout 1 - March -'19 Walkabout 2 May -'19 Walkabout 3 June -'19 Walkabout 4 July - '19 Walkabout 5 September -'19