All of the books, cards and paper are handmade using natural fibres such as flowers, sugar cane, banana leaves, cactus and coconut husk.

BBC: Through Mexico��s Mayan heartland

Giant raindrops fall with loud taps on banana leaves, strange flowers with heady perfume bloom just for a day and waterfalls drape down distant hills like strands of tinsel.

BBC: Following the Buddha around Bombay

Mr Museveni's spokespeople say he has not yet decided whether to run again, but the masses, who drape themselves in dry banana leaves to show their support, are eager for him to carry on.

ECONOMIST: Uganda

The leaves of the banana trees hung low, and the heads of the palms seemed as heavy as velvet.

NEWYORKER: Naima

He picked up a rotting banana skin and hung it on the leaves of a neem tree that grew near the gate of the house, so that it would startle the owners when they came out.

NEWYORKER: The Elephant

As a child, Candy had ridden her bike between clumps of impatiens and begonia and stands of banana trees, clumsy with their thick, waxy leaves.

NEWYORKER: The Visitor