In 2000 I left my job as Curator of British Art at the Hunterian Art Gallery in Glasgow to retrain in horticulture. In 2003 I moved to Stirlingshire with my family and we planted Snapdragon's Garden, growing cut flowers, herbs and vegetables in the Loch Lomond National Park.



The Scottish growing season is short so I turned to my love of textiles and embroidery to fill in the rest of the year. I have always been a keen secret sketcher - documenting life in my garden, the plants, animals and insects that live there. My embroideries are based on these sketches, I draw with my sewing machine to make badges, mirrors, notebooks and other home accessories. Each item is made individually and this means that each is unique - just as every flower in my garden is unique.