beatrix potter, ‘sketch of a greenhouse, fawe park’ (1903) via the v&a’s exhibition: the real mr. mcgregor’s garden If I had an outdoor space, I’d have my hands in the dirt right about now. Instead, I’ve been distracting myself by flipping through books about other people’s gardens and I’ve become entranced with the history of…
macramé almost always feels dated to me, but i am really loving these macramé designs from sarah at smalltown in melbourne, australia. working with rope and macramé, sarah creates beautiful lighting and hanging plant containers. the hanging planters with the multiple levels are calling my name, but sarah’s store installation work is equally lovely. click…
[i just wanted to wish jill from studio choo a big congratulations- she's getting married this weekend! best wishes for a long and happy marriage, jill! also, ashley is taking a week off, so "small measures" will return next week] You know Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds is no ordinary garden shop the second you turn…
spring weather is finally here, so it’s time to head outside! whether you have a huge backyard, a small patio, or a little fire escape to decorate, i’ve rounded up over 60 my favorite garden/outdoor decor and accessories- all priced under $100. i’ve chosen great options for everything from rugs, chairs, and tables to outdoor…
i think i’ve finally achieved amateur indoor gardener status now, as opposed to the dreaded black thumb i was for the past few years. i’ve managed to keep a few large-scale plants going for more than a month and i’ve feeling like perhaps the curse of my over-watered-plants past is fading. with my good plant…
it’s already 60 degrees outside (and aiming to hit 80 again!), the sun is shining, and i’ve got gardens and parks on the brain. we’ve got some fun garden/floral posts coming up this afternoon, so i wanted to kick things off with something that would echo that same outdoor love. kelly from succulent love (click…
Right now, in between bouts of rain, we’re dreaming of whiling away an uninterrupted afternoon in the early summer sun digging through dirt and loosening root balls. For most of us a garden means flowers, for some it may mean fresh fruits and vegetables. For a select few, working in their garden may be more…
last week sarah brysk cohen from blossom and branch joined us for a fun floral arrangement how-to using a cocktail shaker and coffee tin. this week sarah is back for another fun arrangement how-to using something we all have around the kitchen- a teapot! i always love learning how to use everyday household objects for…
i’m holding out hope that spring weather is on its way, so i thought i’d start the day with some of the new items at terrain for spring 2010. i picked up some of their wire planters when i was there a few weeks ago and i was excited to see they’ve added some more-…
[studio choo is taking today off, so i'm thrilled to welcome sarah at saipua back for another weeder's digest post!] Todays floral post is all about reptiles. Specifically frogs and snakes. Fritillaria meleagris (also known as a Snake Head Flower) is a little spring bulbous flower that arrives in March. It is a petite and…
As an apartment dweller, I feel crazied each spring with dreams of having a real proper outdoor garden. Sadly, it isn’t in the cards so I usually redouble my houseplant efforts. Instead of buying new houseplants to feed my addiction, Ipropagate the ones I already have. Pruning stimulates new growth and you end up with…
i love flowers the way i love good food: i like to surround myself with both as often as humanly possible. for me, flowers are the fastest (and prettiest) way to bring life to a room, and they always make my day a little bit happier. so today i’m happy to have sarah brysk cohen…
(Photo Credit Suthi Picotte) my mission for spring has been to fill my house with as much greenery as possible. my cut flower obsession (while it still exists) is slowly being replaced by a hankering for potted plants i can tend to on a regular basis. i’ve been eyeing these woolly pockets for a while,…
To celebrate all the warm weather we’re having and the beginning of Spring this week, we decided to make a living wreath centerpiece for a sunny weekend brunch party. This is also a fun project for DIY event centerpieces because you can make them well ahead of time. You can use any small plants of…
Last Tuesday’s snow fall finally fully succumbed to this week’s warming trend. A brief walk around my property the other day revealed the presence of many, many daffodil buds sending their green arms of praise and golden heads of happiness up and out of the ground, rousing themselves from this winter’s protracted cold, ready for…
Aside from the obligatory pint, we’ve never been quite sure what to do on St. Patrick’s Day. Since most of us just aren’t a green plastic bowler hat bunch, we decided to do some serious brainstorming in order to come up with a bit of wearable green that suits our particular tastes. While visiting North…
after a short road trip down to philly, amy and i were happy to check out our very first philadephia flower show. i wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but i figured we would be surrounded by walls of flowers and engulfed in the smell of all things green. in that respect, we certainly weren’t…
this weekend amy and i headed down to philly to check out the philadelphia flower show. after checking out walls full of orchids, shipping containers filled with succulents, and row upon row of tulips, we stumbled upon what ended up being one of my favorite parts of the show- the jewelry section. in this portion…
A little rain and some sun means the trees in our new neighborhood suddenly look like they’ve been frosted with icing, and the sweet scent of spring blossoms is blowing through the air. Like a lot of neighborhoods across the country, our little urban enclave along Divisadero Street in San Francisco has been undergoing a…
On a rainy Sunday at the farmer’s market this week we weren’t expecting to find anything too exciting. With the weather as it was, we weren’t sure if we’d find anything at all. To our surprise we found buckets of sunshine under a soggy tent belonging to Bill, the self-proclaimed Bulb Baron of the Central…
