English Heritage | On Commission

Rowan Blaik, head English Heritage gardener at Down House

Working as a photographer can often be a wonderful enabler. Some photo shoots allow you access to things you wouldn't otherwise get to see and to meet fascinating people you would never have crossed paths with. A recent interesting commission came by the way of English Heritage, spending the day at Charles Darwin's home Down House last month, photographing their head gardener Rowan Blaik about the house and grounds. 

Inside Charles Darwin's greenhouse

Planting potted plants by hand

Rowan tending plants in Charles Darwin's green house

Venus fly traps growing in the green house

Interior detail of the honey bee hive

Rowan Blaik working on the broad beans in the vegetable patch

Sprouting Seeds in the greenhouse

Statue of Charles Darwin at Down House