'The GIY Diaries' is a gardening diary and cookbook written by Michael Kelly of GIY Ireland, a non-profit Grow-It-Yourself movement advocating for a healthy, happy and sustainable future.
The book is both a how-to-guide and a series of illustrated diary entries documenting a year of growing and cooking. Month by month, readers can learn how to grow their own fresh fruit and vegetables and learn what recipes to cook with them.
This was one of my favourite and most challenging projects to date. The book is fully-illustrated, totalling over 100 of my hand-painted illustrations. These include 12 full-page chapter-opening illustrations, each of which showcases a particular 'hero vegetable of the month', 58 spots and 36 unique recipe illustrations.
The GIY Diaries was nominated for Irish Cookbook of the Year 2022
Published by Gill Books, 2022
1/12 chapter-opening illustrations
1/12 chapter-opening illustrations
1/36 recipe illustrations
1/36 recipe illustrations
1/36 recipe illustrations
1/12 chapter-opening illustrations
A selection of spots
A selection of spots
1/36 recipe illustrations
1/36 recipe illustrations
1/36 recipe illustrations
1/36 recipe illustrations