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Indo Part I

May 19, 2015 //

I’ve just returned from a couple of weeks in Bali and Lombok. It was a incredibly beautiful holiday and a perfect balance of island and mountain life. First up Gili Air and Ubud.

We started on on one the quieter Gilis – Air, swimming, doing yoga and enjoying lots of fresh papaya juice. From there we went to Ubud for a couple of nights where we stayed in the botanical jungle that is Ketut’s Place and visited some of the nearby rice paddies and water temples.

Processed with VSCOcam with c1 preset All photographs by Sophia Kaplan.

Tags Bali, botanical, Gili air, Indonesia, Ketut's place, kittens, Lombok, lotus, Lotus flower, staghorn fern, the secret garden blog, travel

Categories Flowers, Photos by Sophia, Plants, Travel

Sophia Kaplan Plants & Flowers

May 18, 2015 //

Last month I launched my website www.sophia-kaplan.com I’m still making some adjustments, but it’s an exciting step for my little business. Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Tags sophia kaplan plants & flowers

Categories Design, Flowers, Photos by Sophia, Wedding

Daisy

May 11, 2015 //

The new Marc Jacobs Daisy campaign directed by Sofia Coppola is a dreamy romp through the fields, with lighter shades of Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Virgin Suicides. It’s been a beautiful campaign over the years.

Tags daisy, marc jacobs, marc jacobs daisy, sofia coppola

Categories Fashion, Flowers, Nature, Photography

The Florist and The Gardener

March 12, 2015 //

The amazingly creative, plant-obsessed Angie of Ode Ceramics and I did a story last month for The Planthunter about the different ways plant and flower people source, care for and arrange plants vs flowers. It was so much fun visiting The Succulent Garden and the flower market together and then shooting it all back at her home studio. Be sure to check it out the article in full here.

Tags angie thomas, florist, gardener, ode ceramics, sophia kaplan, sydney flower market, the florist and the gardener, the planthunter, the secret garden blog, the succulent garden

Categories Flowers, Garden, Photography, Photos by Sophia, Plants, Publishing

Strange Plants II

March 3, 2015 //

Independent publishing house (and creative agency) Zioxla has just published Strange Plants II, the second in a series of books celebrating plants in contemporary art. To pre-order your copy click here.

Images from Strange Plants & Strange Plants II.

All images via Zioxla.

Tags botanical art, botanical publishing, cactus, contemporary art, floral art, lotus, strange plants, strange plants II, zioxla

Categories Art, Design, Flowers, Photography, Plants, Publishing

Daisuke Hamada

February 19, 2015 //

Step into the world of Japanese photographer Daisuke Hamada…

All images by Daisuke Hamada.

Tags blossom, daisuke hamada, Flowers, japan, japanese blossom, photographer, plants

Categories Art, Flowers, Nature, Photography

Weightless

February 13, 2015 //

I did flowers for a shoot late last year with Damien and Anastasia (same team as the Daughters of Simone shoot) which was recently published in White Magazine. Check out some of the pics below, or the article here.

Weightless -- Well Suited Bride © www.damienmilan.com.au-21

Photographer Damien Milan

Stylist Anastasia Gladushchenko

Flowers by Sophia Kaplan (me!)

Make up & Hair Renee Sayed

Model Indigo Scarlet Sparke @indigolunascarlet

Dresses Well Suited Bride

Bangles + earrings Dinosaur Designs

Granule cuff + rings Marina Antoniou

Stacking rings Cinnamon Lee

Hinoki rings Dat Van

Necklaces Anna Varendorff at Milk & Thistle

Tags anastasia gladushchenko, bridal, bride, cinnamon lee, damien milan, dat van, dinosaur designs, Flowers, geralton wax, indigo scarlet sparke, marina antoniou, milk & thistle, paper daisies, renee sayed, sophia kaplan, the secret garden blog, wedding, wedding dresses, weightless, well suited bride, white magazine

Categories Fashion, Flowers, Photography, Wedding

Paris Extra Part III

February 2, 2015 //

A little flashback to Paris last August.

All photographs by Sophia Kaplan.

Tags azuma makoto, cactus, dries van noten, forage, french garden, guillon fleurs, jardin des plantes, paris, the secret garden blog

Categories Architecture, Fashion, Flowers, Garden, Nature, Photos by Sophia, Plants, Travel

Sister

January 28, 2015 //

My sister Olive has just returned to Paris. Sad to say goodbye to her after such a fun summer but I’m sure despite the cold it’s lovely to be back in the city she now calls home.

While she was here we did a fun little shoot with photography by Kurt Davies with flowers by me.

All photographs by Kurt Davies.

Tags australian native flowers, flower crown, Flowers, kurt davies, lotus, water lily

Categories Flowers, Photography

Clea

January 5, 2015 //

We have just returned from a magical few days down at Sambo’s farm.

The New Years Eve dinner tables were painstakingly built (between glasses of spritz) by the boys and decorated with quince branches by Angele, Olive, Jane and me. Dinner at sunset was followed by performances in the theatre and lots of dancing.

The rest of our days were filled with trips to the waterfall and the gorge to cool ourselves in the summer heat with 30 of us comically spread across two utes to travel, watching movies under the stars with everyone piled on mattresses in front of the projector, and eating an unimaginable amount of food prepared with so little fuss by Que and her team of mates.

To old friends and new, and most importantly Sam, Kali and Rupert, thank you for such a great escape.

Photographs by Sophia Kaplan.