Miss Moss put me onto the great blog that is Old Chum. It’s actually a mix of old and new, but the images are always intriguing.
Image one: from Converted into Houses by Charles A. Fracchia & Jeremiah O. Bragstad, image two: Susan Worsham, images three & five: Ganna Walska, image four: La Clef de Verre by René Magritte.
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!
Next month Derek Henderson launches his new project Darkness of Noon. Model Zippora Seven features in the book which also includes illustrations by Kelly Thompson. The images are super pretty and dreamlike.
Pre order your copy here.
All photography by Derek Henderson. All illustrations by Kelly Thompson.
Microcosmos is a french nature documentary by filmmakers Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou. It uses macroscopic photographic technique to explore the life of insects. Think of the Pixar film A Bugs Life but real life.
The film is narrated by Kristin Scott Thomas and Jacques Perrin, with a haunting soundtrack by Bruno Coulais. It is truly fascinating and if you have a night in this week be sure to watch it.
The whole film is up on YouTube. Check out Part 1 below and follow the links on their site to the rest of the film.
All images Microcosmos (1996)
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 