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.
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 Little Flower School is run by Nicolette Owen and Sarah Ryhanen. Nicolette has her own floral studio Nicolette Camille Floral and Sarah is co-founder of beautiful Brooklyn florist Saipua as well as owner of a flower farm in upstate New York.
They came together in 2008 and now run classes all over the US and most recently did some special classes in Sydney. I was disappointed to learn of the classes after they had already sold out, but got to enjoy something of their visit through the photographs they posted of their trip.
All photographs by the Little Flower School.
Raf Simons has a real knack for producing incredibly beautiful and delicate clothes and presenting them at impressive and unique shows.
Here are a few where he has incorporated his love of nature into the runway.
Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring/ Summer 2013
Jil Sander Ready to Wear Autumn/ Winter 2012
Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn/ Winter 2012/13
I’ve seen a few photographers working with this theme lately, there’s something quite poetic about it.
Billy Kidd uses dramatic colours.
Derek Henderson has a more natural aesthetic.
Amy Merrick gives these poppies her Dutch master makeover.
Jon Shireman is simple and striking.
From Stella McCartney’s spring campaign last year.
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.
The Secret Garden 