

Chairs have been brought in
Chairs have been brought in from the garden long ago none now are left the white wood arms and a peeling away...


In late afternoon
In late afternoon and sharp southern light this hedge throws a dark double on cement. Indian hawthorn...


A woman picking blackberries
A woman picking blackberries her dress is drawn tight about her waist with a long sash the new colour of her hands...


A foxglove
A foxglove in this soon-to-be moon garden climbs on an astonishing sensuous spindle where purple...


This garden that I planted
This garden that I planted is a thick green orchard of mid-winter grace. From the verandah the eastern...


See how winter conspires
See how winter conspires with the lemon tree for brightness. A slight concession of the season ...


In this Japanese garden
In this Japanese garden* the milestone measures another afternoon beneath Himeji's White Heron castle eight thousand kilometres away. A...


Because you are here
Because you are here* at the very end of the garden before it falls to the water you have always taken ...


Paddy melons
Paddy melons pungent in prickly heat early seconds of the sun delineate a ripeness trellised on...


Agapanthus
Agapanthus a purple streaming in the wind. Blue rain and rinse of misted distance. The...













