Where Meadows & Gardens Grow

Venture where meadows & gardens grow as embroidery artist Jo Butcher reveals the magic of her picture-perfect stitching.

Re-create the wonder and beauty of twelve picturesque scenes, as you join Jo on her journey to capture the realism of nature using her trademark layering technique, combining a simple watercolour wash, a handful of embroidery stitches and a palette of the prettiest colours.

• Seascape
  The water greets the sky surrounded by cow parsley, daisies and a scattering of tiny flowers
• Hollyhocks
  Elegant spires, in shades of dusky pink and soft green, stretch towards the sky
• Bluebells Under the Birches
  A carpet of pure, blue flowers spreads beneath a canopy of birch leaves
• Topiary in the Border
  Perfect topiary spheres rise above a colourful sea of iris, geum, verbena and echinacea flowers
• Amongst the Daisies
  A field of fresh, white daisies, some crowned with a golden eye, spread beneath the sun
• Irises
  Rich, velvety petals of the purple iris rise above a sea of sword-like leaves
• Cottage Garden
  Swathes of flowers, large and small, meld together in perfect harmony
• Alliums &Topiary
  Globes of purple allium flowers echo the neatly clipped sphere of a topiary ball
• Silver Birches
  Graceful trunks of ghostly white rise through a woodland garden of ferns and cow parsley
• Foxgloves
  In every shade of pink, proud foxgloves stand sentinel over their garden companions
• Cow Parsley
  The delicate lace of white cow parsley flowers decorates a field of wheat
• Poppies & Cornflowers
  Papery, pink skirts of poppy flowers twirl amongst the cornflowers