From Stella McCartney’s spring campaign last year.
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One of my all time favourites – whether it’s bare, with fruit, or flowering as it is here in spring at the old farm.
My first issue of Wilder Quarterly arrived last week, thanks to a very good man.
It’s a beautifully designed US magazine all about the natural world. This issue has stories about foraging for mushrooms in Finland, planting a winter garden, Kyoto’s Moss Temple, migrating butterflies and heaps more. I have a subscription now and I’m excited to keep reading.
Check out their blog here.
Cover images from Wilder Quarterly.
Photographs by Gavriel Maynard.
I was in the UK and France earlier this year visiting some friends and my little sister who is currently studying in Bordeaux.
I spent a couple of days in Reading (half an hour out of London) with some family and we got to visit one of my favourite gardens, the Harris Garden at the University of Reading where my grandfather was Dean of the Faculty of Science for a period.
The modern botanical garden was established in 1972 and is set on the home paddock of a now demolished Victorian house which in turn was built in the landscape garden created by George, Marquis of Blandford between 1798 and 1810.
The above pictures are film, the rest are just from my phone.
This garden is quintessentially English. Very lush, with paths winding through, crossing over, and gently tapering off. There are structured lawns with hedges, flowering meadows and herb gardens. I found a bunch of wild garlic which we discreetly dug one head up to use for dinner that night. It feels quite magical and makes me nostalgic, I felt like a child again.
Garden plan from Friends of The Harris Garden.
All photographs by Sophia Kaplan.
Eric Madigan Heck is an incredible photographer and I especially like this Mary Katrantzou Autumn Winter 2011 ‘Surreal Plains’ shoot. Flowers are a theme through a lot of his work.
Photographs by Erik Madigan Heck.
Earlier this year my brother got married and I helped the lovely Nhu Christy with the flowers.
The bride and groom are both big foodies so along with the incredible catering from Aria and fresh pizzas from Rosso Pomodorro we tried to incorporate this into the flowers as well, using rosemary from the garden as well as fig branches from the markets. My sister and I wore simple flower crowns and we had big ‘buckets’ of blooms around the gardens.
Check out my sister-in-law’s food blog The Gourmet Forager for more pics from the day.
Photographs by Tealily Photography.
Last year my mother took my sister and me to Melbourne for the weekend to see the Vienna: Art & Design exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. It was a powerful showcase of that incredible era of creativity.
While in the city we visited the Royal Botanical Gardens. Despite being the middle of winter, the gardens were in bloom.
My sister and I snapped away at everything.
Photographs by Sophia Kaplan.
Amy Merrick is a florist and stylist I have long admired.
The way she plays with shape and texture really blows me away and I especially like her use of fruit and berries.
There’s a romanticism to her work and life that is very intriguing.
Check out her blog here.
All photographs by Amy Merrick.
Next month one of my closest friends is getting married and I am helping with the flowers. Last weekend we went to the markets to get an idea of what will be available and make some decisions about the style she wants for the bouquet and arrangements (and flower crowns for us bridesmaids!). Any excuse to get to the markets really.
The bright pink peonies were in full bloom. Too late to buy them but the perfect time to enjoy their splendour. I bought some younger dusty pink ones instead.
Photographs by Sophia Kaplan.
The Secret Garden 