Steffie Shields MBE Full Member

Prunus 'Sunburst' Prunus 'Sunburst'

A good name for such a show of brilliant white blossom!

Location: Lincolnshire

Out like a lion? Out like a lion?

A surprise snowfall in a Lincolnshire garden on the last day of March

Location: Lincolnshire

Narcissus 'Van Sion' Narcissus 'Van Sion'

This enduring old cultivar set off by spring day-lily foliage

Location: Lincolnshire

Iris reticulata 'Frozen Planet' Iris reticulata 'Frozen Planet'

Location: Lincolnshire

Lockdown Gold Lockdown Gold

Low afternoon light emphasizes splendid golden and copper leaves with contrasting deep shadows

Location: Lincolnshire

Red October Red October

Eye-catching red spindle leaves contrast well with hazel and holly

Location: Lincolnshire

Shall We Dance? Shall We Dance?

Lavender blue autumn crocus - strictly Crocus speciosus

Location: Lincolnshire

Worth the Hover Worth the Hover

Rosa 'Dorothy Perkins' attracts pollinating hover flies

Location: Lincolnshire

Petwood Profusion Petwood Profusion

The restored Long Walk at the Petwood Hotel

Location: Lincolnshire

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Fizzy Purple' Cosmos bipinnatus 'Fizzy Purple'

A celebratory pop of colour!

Location: Lincolnshire

'Pink Clearwater' 'Pink Clearwater'

A sophisticated,modern Triumph tulip, pink with a hint of salmon, has form-even in the rain!

Location: Lincolnshire

Dew Dew

Early morning dew on Narcissus 'Capability Brown'

Location: Lincolnshire

Hyacinth Walk Hyacinth Walk

The Hyacinth Walk offers peace of mind with a delightful array of spring gems and the fragrant perfume of fresh hyacinths

Location: Lincolnshire

Warming the View Warming the View

Cornus 'Mid-winter Fire' working its magic on a frosty winter's morning!

Location: Lincolnshire

Catherine Wheel Catherine Wheel

A shaft of afternoon sunlight picks out a circle of leaves like a catherine wheel: Cotinus 'Grace' on the 5th November, an appropriate display of fireworks

Location: Lincolnshire

Zigzag Zigzag

Cotoneaster fruits alternate up the stem

Location: Lincolnshire

Contrast Contrast

An intricate pattern of box ball and cone topiary is immaculately clipped - a marked contrast to the relaxed, overflowing, colourful herbaceous border beyond

Location: Sturton by Stow, Lincolnshire

Blowing in the Wind Blowing in the Wind

Sorbus aucuparia berries

Location: Lincolnshire

'Red Velvet' 'Red Velvet'

Rosa 'Munstead Wood' with curvaceous petals lit by afternoon light and shade seems like red velvet

Location: Lincolnshire

Dappled Harmony Dappled Harmony

Rosa Alba amongst late spring foliage

Location: Lincolnshire

A New Dawn A New Dawn

Nectaroscordum siculum flowers first emerging in soft, early morning light

Location: Lincolnshire

Apple 'Winston' centre stage Apple 'Winston' centre stage

Apple blossom sprinkling the lawn with confetti

Location: Lincolnshire

The Colours of Spring The Colours of Spring

The joy of new rainbow colours amidst fresh spring foliage

Location: Lincolnshire

Cotinus coggyria 'Golden Spirit' Cotinus coggyria 'Golden Spirit'

Living up to its name in mid-November

Location: Lincolnshire

Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia wilsonii

Location: Beckingham, Lincolnshire

Pink Profusion Pink Profusion

The season for roses and pinks!

Location: Lincolnshire

Lest We Forget Lest We Forget

The Lincolnshire Peace Garden, International Bomber Command Centre

Location: Lincoln

Autumn Chorus Autumn Chorus

Single white Colchicum 'Album' and double, violet -pink Colchicum autumnale 'Water Lily' amongst the first fall of leaves

Location: Lincolnshire

Summer Velvet Summer Velvet

Rosa 'Joseph's Coat' petals seems particularly rich in colour this summer,like scarlet velvet

Location: Lincolnshire

Colours of spring take flight Colours of spring take flight

An orange-tip butterfly, the spring butterfly, on cow parsley

Location: Lincolnshire

Magnolia x soulangeana Magnolia x soulangeana

Location: A garden in Lincoln

The arrival of Spring The arrival of Spring

Snakeshead fritillaries nodding in long-awaited sunshine

Location: Lincolnshire

Dessication Dessication

Dipsacus fullonum; striking dried-up teasel seedheads still reaching for the sky

Location: Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire

Picturesque Picturesque

The Grass Terrace and Long Border at Hotel Endsleigh, a surviving Humphry Repton design

Location: Devon

Garden Bubble Garden Bubble

Location: Lincolnshire

Blowing in the wind Blowing in the wind

Acer rubrum

Location: Lincolnshire

Moving Heaven & Earth-Capability Brown's Gift of Landscape Moving Heaven & Earth-Capability Brown's Gift of Landscape

Inspirational Book of the Year Finalist Garden Media Guild Awards 2016

Dancing partners Dancing partners

Strictly vine tendrils

Location: Lincolnshire

Flag-waving Flag-waving

A rainbow-coloured sumach seems like autumn bunting

Location: Lincolnshire

Beech Down Beech Down

the reveal - young beech leaves backlit

Location: My garden

Have Garden Will Travel Have Garden Will Travel

Location: Regents Canal London

Rosa Wedding Wishes Rosa Wedding Wishes

Location: Grantham

Blue Poppies Blue Poppies

my idea of heaven

Location: Lancashire

The Show The Show

Location: Easton Walled Gardens, Lincolnshire

Evening Bells Evening Bells

Digitalis purpurea

Seeing Red Seeing Red

Location: Guernsey

Stars in Our Eyes Stars in Our Eyes

Allium christophii

Hanging Harvest Hanging Harvest

Vitis Muscat Bianca

The Glow The Glow

Early morning light in a Lincolnshire garden

Tulips and Towels Tulips and Towels
Bulrushes and birches Bulrushes and birches

A limited wintry palette and the texture of skilled landscaping

Winter Coating Winter Coating
Madness Madness

Everything goes mad in May- just at Chelsea Flower Show time - so hold your nerve!

Erysimum'Chelsea Jacket' Erysimum'Chelsea Jacket'
Cornus kousa Cornus kousa
Blanket stitch Blanket stitch