'Les Jardins d'ici' is my personal blog. I am a Lecturer in an Art and Design institution in the United Kingdom and a Trustee of a non-profit organisation which protects heritage fruit varieties in France.
Granary Square is part of King’s Cross, the largest urban redevelopment in Central London at the moment. Pears, cherries, tomatoes and other edibles are growing there, for the pleasure of the eyes, just a few yards away from Central Saint Martins’ creative powerhouse.
Back to London fruit for a while, in order to broaden our record of the varieties of plums that grow there and provide a recipe I haven’t tested myself.
Inertia can put the patience of prospective gardeners to the test. It sometimes takes time for things to happen, for instance until the owners of unmaintained gardens welcome change.
Just to add rhubarb in the list of things that grow in London gardens, and provide insight into the variety of tastes that can be created in jams with this vegetable sometimes considered as fruit.
Here are pictures of other pollinators, to reinforce my last post about the diversity of species that can be found in our gardens. The photos are also of better quality, even if taken with a compact camera.