The Topiary Thieves
Reading time 3 minutes
My regular trips to China offer few opportunities to observe nature up close. By and large I’m confined to big, ugly cities few people […]
Hangzhou
Plant Portraits: Osmanthus fragrans (Guìhuā (桂花) or Sweet Olive)
Reading time 6 minutes
It is customary in Hong Kong for 5 star hotels to have a house fragrance, pumped into lobbies in heady clouds and sold at […]
Rare Beauty – Hangzhou West Lake
Reading time 5 minutes
And so, on the penultimate day of my business trip, I finally found somewhere of genuine beauty in China. This vast country sometimes feels […]