IS./WET is a new collaboration between photographer Ted O’Donnell and artist Vicki Lee. This it the first time the couple have worked together.
Their photographs of brilliant flowers dripping in hyper colour paint are intriguing but it’s the stop motion film directed and edited by Patrick de Teliga which I really like.
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If you’re free tonight pop down to Sun Studios from 6pm to check out the exhibition.
My friend Lisa was in South Africa recently to spend some time with her boyfriend’s family.
Her travel snaps are adorable and I particularly liked these two. The first is taken at Babylonstoren Garden and the second while on safari.
Lisa is a stylist living in New York and her boyfriend Neil is a photographer. You can see some of their work on together over at Hunger TV. Above photographs by Neil Francis Dawson.
I have now added the Babylonstoren Garden to my list of places to visit when I head to South Africa (hopefully) next year. You can stay in one of their adjoining guesthouses, use the spa, visit their delicatessen, eat at the restaurant or just wander the garden.
Images from the Babylonstoren blog.
I visited Morocco a few years back. We caught the ferry from Tarifa across the Strait of Gilbrator to Tangiers. The ocean is incredibly luminescent and the sun so strong. We only spent a day in Tangiers before heading to Essaouira, but I remember winding, steep, dusty streets looking out onto that incredible view of the Mediterranean. It’s a rough, mysterious, and beautiful town filled with creative expats including the world renowned garden designer Madison Cox.
Ten or so years ago Cox bought a run down house perched on the cliffs of Tangiers. A lot of care and thought has gone into the renovation of the house and bringing alive of the garden. The one and a half acre garden is long and narrow and has a high white masonry wall on one side and cliff edge on the other. Within the garden he has a free standing library, swimming pool, guesthouse, chicken coop, stone paths, terraces, and flower and vegetable beds. It’s a relaxed design, and looks like a total pleasure to be amongst.
Photographs by Oberto Gili for the NY Times.
My sister was also in Morocco a couple of weeks ago. Her pictures are lovely so I thought I’d include some here.
Photographs by Olivia Kaplan and Pierre Voirin.
Little Flowers is a new Sydney-based endeavour with a great concept I wish I’d thought of.
They deliver smaller, simpler flower arrangements for $25 including delivery. Each morning they post a pic on their website of what they have picked up from the market so you know what you’re getting.
They arrive wrapped in hessian and tied with twine. Again simple, but very cute. At the moment they deliver to most of Sydney’s Eastern suburbs and city areas.
Check out their website here.
Jardin des Fleurs is a Tokyo florist owned by floral artist Makoto Azuma and Shunsuke Shiinoki. Azuma creates incredibly unique floral sculptures for his clients along with weird and wonderful natural art installations.
The two partners released a beautiful book last year titled Encylopedia of Flowers (2012). It’s a jungle of colour and texture and features over 2000 different species of flowers.
The book is available through Lars Müeller Publishers for €58.
Check out their shop here and an interview with Azuma from The Glass Magazine here.
All photographs by Shunsuke Shiinoki.
And thanks to Alicia for putting me onto this amazing man!
While we’re on the rose theme, here is Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadem’s The Roses of Heliogabalus.
Home Life recently posted these photographs of a beautiful property in the Adelaide Hills. The owners have cultivated an incredible collection of roses, and I love seeing the countryside and cows peek out from behind the flowers.
All photographs by Claire Takacs for Home Life.
Also on their website is a glimpse into a beautiful French Lot valley countryside home. It has been tastefully updated from its original 19th century state.
Photography by Richard Power for Home Life.
Kokedama is a type of Japanese bonsai that sees the plant roots and soil held together with moss and string rather than a traditional pot. These guys are taking it a step further and hanging the gardens up in the air.
These floating gardens are a great idea for those living in smaller spaces, but they would bring a sweet quirkiness to any space.
Dutch botanist Fedor Van der Valk is the leader of the floating garden pack.
Photographs String Gardens.
Some of Van der Valk’s designs were exhibited in 2010 as part of the Salon exhibition in Amsterdam.
Photograph from Design Boom.
Good.Is have a great guide to making your own hanging garden, as demonstrated by Wilder Quarterly’s Taylor Patterson. Check it out here.
And to finish here is a super cute illustration of how to water your floating garden by Elsa Dray Farges.
I picked up the latest issue of Love Magazine to find this incredible Tim Walker shoot starring Kate Moss. The photographs were inspired by Angela Carter’s novel The Magic Toy Shop and feature a scantily clad Moss with little gardens growing from her body. It’s kind of intoxicating.
Walker did a little interview with Love Magazine about the shoot. Check it out here. To subscribe to the magazine head here.
All photographs by Tim Walker.
The Secret Garden 