Plants, Flowers, Bell Heather, Erica cinerea, deep pink to purple bell shaped spikes of flowers on stems growing wild in the New Forest.

Plant, Herbs, Swiss mint, Mentha spicata, details of culinary green leaves.

Plant, Autumn Fern, Japanese Shield Fern, Dryopteris erythrosora, bronze coloured new young frond.

Plant, Flower, Creeping Buttercup, Ranunculus repens, small yellow flowers growing in garden lawn grass.

England, Hampshire, New Forest, Ponies grazing beside a stream in Ogdens Purlieu, a fertile valley near Ogden village.

Plant, Shrub, Berries, abundant purple sloes on a Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, in the autumn in the New Forest.

Plant, Shrub, Berries, abundant purple sloes on a Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, in the autumn in the New Forest.

Food, Herbs, Marjoram, Origanum vulgare, detail of culinary oregano leaves.

Food, Herbs, Marjoram, Origanum vulgare, detail of culinary oregano leaves.

Food, Herbs, Marjoram, Origanum vulgare, detail of culinary oregano leaves.

Courgette, Curcubito pepo, two freshly harvested zucchini with flowers intact.

Courgette, Curcubito pepo, two freshly harvested zucchini with flowers intact.