Caroline Quentin is highly regarded as an actor on both stage and screen. She is a leading lady at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End stage, as well as in television shows like Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek, Life Begins and Blue Murder. Aside from her career as an actress, she has been a passionate gardener for many years. She grew up in Reigate, Surrey, but now lives in a country farmhouse in Devon, where she grows her own vegetables, and has a large orchard. Her dedicated Instagram account, @cqgardens, shows her love for gardening in pictures, and is wildly popular in its own right. From rhubarb to kale sprouts, she shows off her cultivation skills in all their leafy green goodness.

• Preface – Welcome to My Colourful WorldIntroduction – An Actor's Life For MeBlack & WhiteSilver birches; Badgers; Corvids; Helford, Cornwall; Foxgloves; Cow parsley; SnowdropsGreyExmoor in the mist; Dry-stone walls; Herons; Grey squirrels; Moth boxesBrownEarthworms; Owls; Reed beds; Bitterns; Hares; Hedgehogs; Common field grasshoppersRecipe: Creamy Wild Mushroom SoupRedRed deer; Fly agaric; Scarlet elf cup; Robin redbreast; Red squirrels; The Red ListRecipe: Wild strawberry meringuesPinkElephant hawk-moths; Bullfinches; Malvern Hills; Rosebay willoherb; Pink in a Devonshire hedgerow; Scottish heatherRecipe: Wild rose petal jamOrangePheasants; Weasels and StoatsRecipe: Rosehip syrupYellowPrimroses; Death cap; GorseRecipe: golden gorse flower syrupGreenHart's tongue ferns; Mistletoe; Sphagnum mossRecipe: Nettle butterBlueBlue John; Bluebells; Speedwell blue; ButterfliesRecipe: Gluten-Free Bilberry CakePurpleBolinus Brandaris snails; Bloody Henry starfish; Purple buddleia; Snake’s head fritillary; Common spotted orchids; Violet coral fungus; Amethyst deceiverRecipes: Blackberry and Crab Apple Gluten-free Crumble; Blackberry Jam; Violet SugarEpilogue – The (Rainbow's) EndIndex

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Caroline Quentin is highly regarded as an actor on both stage and screen. She is a leading lady at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End stage, as well as in television shows like Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek, Life Begins and Blue Murder. Aside from her career as an actress, she has been a passionate gardener for many years. She grew up in Reigate, Surrey, but now lives in a country farmhouse in Devon, where she grows her own vegetables, and has a large orchard. Her dedicated Instagram account, @cqgardens, shows her love for gardening in pictures, and is wildly popular in its own right. From rhubarb to kale sprouts, she shows off her cultivation skills in all their leafy green goodness.

• Preface – Welcome to My Colourful WorldIntroduction – An Actor's Life For MeBlack & WhiteSilver birches; Badgers; Corvids; Helford, Cornwall; Foxgloves; Cow parsley; SnowdropsGreyExmoor in the mist; Dry-stone walls; Herons; Grey squirrels; Moth boxesBrownEarthworms; Owls; Reed beds; Bitterns; Hares; Hedgehogs; Common field grasshoppersRecipe: Creamy Wild Mushroom SoupRedRed deer; Fly agaric; Scarlet elf cup; Robin redbreast; Red squirrels; The Red ListRecipe: Wild strawberry meringuesPinkElephant hawk-moths; Bullfinches; Malvern Hills; Rosebay willoherb; Pink in a Devonshire hedgerow; Scottish heatherRecipe: Wild rose petal jamOrangePheasants; Weasels and StoatsRecipe: Rosehip syrupYellowPrimroses; Death cap; GorseRecipe: golden gorse flower syrupGreenHart's tongue ferns; Mistletoe; Sphagnum mossRecipe: Nettle butterBlueBlue John; Bluebells; Speedwell blue; ButterfliesRecipe: Gluten-Free Bilberry CakePurpleBolinus Brandaris snails; Bloody Henry starfish; Purple buddleia; Snake’s head fritillary; Common spotted orchids; Violet coral fungus; Amethyst deceiverRecipes: Blackberry and Crab Apple Gluten-free Crumble; Blackberry Jam; Violet SugarEpilogue – The (Rainbow's) EndIndex

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Caroline Quentin is highly regarded as an actor on both stage and screen. She is a leading lady at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End stage, as well as in television shows like Men Behaving Badly, Jonathan Creek, Life Begins and Blue Murder. Aside from her career as an actress, she has been a passionate gardener for many years. She grew up in Reigate, Surrey, but now lives in a country farmhouse in Devon, where she grows her own vegetables, and has a large orchard. Her dedicated Instagram account, @cqgardens, shows her love for gardening in pictures, and is wildly popular in its own right. From rhubarb to kale sprouts, she shows off her cultivation skills in all their leafy green goodness.

• Preface – Welcome to My Colourful WorldIntroduction – An Actor's Life For MeBlack & WhiteSilver birches; Badgers; Corvids; Helford, Cornwall; Foxgloves; Cow parsley; SnowdropsGreyExmoor in the mist; Dry-stone walls; Herons; Grey squirrels; Moth boxesBrownEarthworms; Owls; Reed beds; Bitterns; Hares; Hedgehogs; Common field grasshoppersRecipe: Creamy Wild Mushroom SoupRedRed deer; Fly agaric; Scarlet elf cup; Robin redbreast; Red squirrels; The Red ListRecipe: Wild strawberry meringuesPinkElephant hawk-moths; Bullfinches; Malvern Hills; Rosebay willoherb; Pink in a Devonshire hedgerow; Scottish heatherRecipe: Wild rose petal jamOrangePheasants; Weasels and StoatsRecipe: Rosehip syrupYellowPrimroses; Death cap; GorseRecipe: golden gorse flower syrupGreenHart's tongue ferns; Mistletoe; Sphagnum mossRecipe: Nettle butterBlueBlue John; Bluebells; Speedwell blue; ButterfliesRecipe: Gluten-Free Bilberry CakePurpleBolinus Brandaris snails; Bloody Henry starfish; Purple buddleia; Snake’s head fritillary; Common spotted orchids; Violet coral fungus; Amethyst deceiverRecipes: Blackberry and Crab Apple Gluten-free Crumble; Blackberry Jam; Violet SugarEpilogue – The (Rainbow's) EndIndex

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