Scottish Artist and his Garden

Scottish artist John Stoa compiles notes and pictures of his painting projects and seasonal gardening activities in the flower, fruit and vegetable garden and greenhouse. website www.johnstoa.com

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

LATE SUMMER FLOWERS

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LATE SUMMER FLOWERS After last year’s brilliant summer we gardeners were hoping for a repeat performance just like with the hot summ...

Monday, 19 August 2019

EXPERIMENTS IN THE GARDEN

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EXPERIMENTS IN THE GARDEN Apple Pearl grafted onto a James Grieve tree My interest in gardening started in childhood encouraged ...

Wednesday, 14 August 2019

SUMMER HARVESTS

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SUMMER HARVESTS We will always remember the summer of 2018 with its long hot and dry spell, but 2019 seems to be even hotter, but wi...

Monday, 5 August 2019

ORCHIDS

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ORCHIDS Cattleya sincorana Fifty years ago orchids were rarely seen outside stately homes with large gardens and greenhouses. ...

Monday, 29 July 2019

SUMMER IN THE GARDEN

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SUMMER IN THE GARDEN Mid summer can be a great time to relax in the garden and just watch the fruit, vegetables and flowers grow. Th...

Monday, 22 July 2019

START OF THE BERRY SEASON

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START OF THE BERRY SEASON I just love it when the first strawberries ripen and the berry picking season begins. Memories of berry pi...

Tuesday, 16 July 2019

LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE

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LET THE BATTLE COMMENCE Fifty years ago there was an armada of chemicals to use for every gardening problem. We could grow any fru...

Monday, 8 July 2019

SUMMER GROWTH ON THE PLOT

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SUMMER GROWTH ON THE PLOT Summer was late to start, and the rain was never far away, but things turn round, the summer returns and t...

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About Me

John Stoa: I was born in Scotland commencing working life as a gardener in Dundee Parks Dept. I studied crop science at The Scottish Crop Research Institute in Invergowrie Dundee. After getting married moved south to Sussex. Gained the National Diploma in Horticulture in 1969, then moved to Worcester to work as a manager on Fox Fruit Farm. In 1972 returned to parks work and outdoor leisure facilities in Dudley then onto Darlington, and Livingston before returning to Dundee in 2001. Became a full time artist in 1992. Interest in art was established in early childhood and am self taught. Subjects cover town to country, floral to figurative, snow scenes, summer landscapes, and Scottish castles. I run art classes in my studio and often publish limited edition prints, as well as luxury Christmas cards. My art and gardening and allotment activities can be seen on my ever expanding website www.johnstoa.com

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