Welcome
to our shopping site for books and greeting cards - for when you're looking for something independently produced and a bit different
If you are looking for greeting cards, we have a wide selection for you, these are unique, often quirky and/or beautiful
Particularly popular cards are our images of penguins and those of the beautiful South Downs
(If you have come to find our books, they can be seen lower down this page or more detail can be found by clicking the menu link above)
Suggested seasonal greeting cards
Cards sent in the spring can celebrate the return of new life
In the summer the flamboyance of flowers is a source of joy and much appreciated
Autumn can provide surprise and beauty
Winter is a tricky time and the fun of playing around with images can help
Our landscape is full of riches
Activities in the summer are many and various
Autumn sunshine has a richness to it
Fun and cheerful playfulness
Greeting card: Frazzled Parent - a long-suffering parent wren with a beakful of food
Greeting card: Puffins - from an original painting by Diana Harding
Greeting card: Ala Archa Gorge - drawn for Is No Problem as well as a greeting card
Greeting card: Lichens on the coast, Jersey - also the cover photograph for the Lichens of Jersey
If you would like to see more greeting cards, please click HERE
Our own books
We publish books that have photography, ecological, landscape and history subjects. We aim for them to entertain as well as share knowledge, through the telling of stories.
Two books are also available from Amazon and two others as ebook downloads from the Amazon Kindle store
New Book - published at last
This book has been long in the making, over the years many people have said they looked forward to seeing it actually published. Inside there are 273+ churches, chapels and ruined places of worship, all with their own page and two photographs apart from some of the chapels and ruins. It is a dip into the landscape and history of special places in the South Downs National Park. It also includes insight into some of the personalities involved in and around them, especially the rectors/vicars and curates of the mid-nineteenth century, plus bishops and archdeacons. Jane Austen is referred to several times, including her second cousin, also called Jane Austen, who was married to the patron of Clayton church in Sussex.
It is one whole kilogram of fact nuggets.
True stories of English garden wildlife
(Also available as a Kindle book)
Learn more about lichens in Jersey and the history of their influence on world lichenology
The story of a trainee twitcher on holiday on the Isles of Scilly
Featured Books
It's Warmer Down Below: the autobiography of Sir Harold Harding, 1900-1986
The long-awaited autobiography of Sir Harold Harding, founding Chairman of the British Tunnelling Society, which celebrated 50 years in March 2021.
Sir Harold was a civil engineer and pioneer of soil mechanics, best remembered for his extensive work in tunnel engineering. He was involved in the construction of significant projects including much of the London Underground and the feasibility study that underpinned the Channel Tunnel. He also sat on the Aberfan Tribunal and advised on troubleshooting for many tunnels around the world.
This book is enriched by the sense of history and well-developed wit that was key to the author's approach to his work.
Sophie: An Edwardian Childhood
We also have the lovely, vivid and often funny book detailing the Edwardian Childhood of Sophie Blair Leighton, daughter of the renowned Pre-Raphaelite inspired artist Edmund Blair Leighton (and Amanda's beloved grandmother - wife of Sir Harold Harding). Sophie's childhood was spent in Bedford Park, Chiswick and also Kirby Green on the River Waveney in Norfolk, in the years before the First World War. While she had nannys and there were servants, many other details are also evocative of a time that seems so far ago and yet is within the connected memory of so many of us.
In an early chapter, for example, she comments on the sweeper in the road outside, who for a penny would sweep a passage across the mud and horse droppings, to make it passable for the more daintier-footed pedestrian or householder. Later on come the revelations of the naughty donkey Jack who played tricks on the household whenever he could.
News
Indexing coming for In their Landscape
As part of the promotion involved for the new book In their Landscape: the churches, chapels and ruined places of worship in the South Downs National Park, I have been writing articles for a number of magazines and this has triggered work on a full index which I will link to on the website when completed. With the book already weighing a kilogram adding c.20 more pages to it is impractical, but the digital version will be freely available.
Many thanks to all readers and commenters in the early days of my new baby. And all good wishes for 2026... Amanda
On this website you will find:
- unique greeting cards designed with the chatty thoughtful writer in mind (blank inside), with evocative images for you to share memories, humour or thoughts of people who may be on your mind.
- non-fiction books that have storytelling as their core, written and illustrated by Simon and Amanda Davey on topics celebrating the natural world, travel and history.