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I came home from San Francisco with a camera roll full of the usual sights, but also plenty of things that probably would not make it into a guidebook. Flowers, beautiful houses, terracotta roofs, leaves, windows. I found myself noticing the city in much the same way I look at a garden, always looking at shapes, colours and textures. Those beautiful bay windows I could not stop looking at the houses, particularly their bay windows. Each one seemed to give the building its own

I rarely walk through the garden without taking a photograph. Over time, these images have become a visual notebook, reminding me of a particular bloom, the way a petal caught the light, or a stem that twisted in an unexpected way. They are often where a new paper plant begins. The garden has always been a place of refuge for me. It is where I slow down enough to notice the things that are easily missed. A petal beginning to unfurl. A tendril reaching for something to climb.

How to Clean Botanical Paper Sculptures Welcome to The Collector's Guide, a series exploring how to live with botanical paper sculptures. Over the coming months, I'll be answering some of the questions collectors ask most often, from cleaning and durability to display and longevity. Let's begin with a practical one: "Do paper flowers gather dust?" Meet The Tomato Plant. It's a fair question. When people first encounter botanical paper sculptures, they often wonder how they ar