A botanical artist’s work has been featured on a set of 10 stamps celebrating the beauty of roses.
Marie Burke, from Glastonbury, was asked to paint the roses, including the Constance Spry, the first English Rose bred by David CH Austin in 1961.
Burke designed the stamps over the past eight months by going into Somerset gardens and taking inspiration from the flowers there, including Bishop’s Palace in Wells and Dyrham Park near Bath.
“I go out and about all the time, looking for inspiration from local gardens. People’s gardens and the growing they do, just wandering around locally, you come across amazing flowers. It’s really varied,” Burke said.