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Indo Part II

June 1, 2015 //

After Gili Air and Ubud we headed up into the mountains at Sideman where we stumbled upon the most amazing Patal Kikian. We were the only people staying and had a huge private balcony looking straight onto the volcano where we wiled away our days reading on the day bed and exploring the volcano by scooter. The grounds were so lush as with everything here. All the sun and water makes for an incredibly green and healthy landscape. After Sideman we headed to Nusa Lembongan to snorkel and chill by beach. A perfect little holiday.

All photographs by Sophia Kaplan.

Tags Bali, Indonesia, lotus, moss, nusa lembongan, orchid, patal kikian, sideman, travel

Categories Nature, Photos by Sophia, Plants, Travel

Guest Post: Hanging Gardens

June 10, 2013 //

After a successful first guest post the other week, Olivia Hantken will be back taking care of the blog this week while I on holiday in Japan.

I will be posting plenty of shots on Instagram, so be sure to follow me @thesecretgardenblog

Hanging Gardens by Olivia Hantken

Vintage gardening magazines seem to be taking over more and more of my bookshelf, so I will be sharing selected images from some of my favourites over the next few weeks.

The first is a little gem I found called Sunset Ideas for Hanging Gardens. It was published in 1974 and features instructions and trends for a variety of suspended gardens. Some of my favourites are the giant boston fern (being watered from a ladder), the donkey tail sedum, the string of beads and the bonsai cedar with moss.

All images from Sunset Ideas for Hanging Gardens, Lane Publishing co. California 1974.

Tags bonsai, boston fern, donkey tail sedum, fern, Flowers, hanging gardens, hanging plants, moss, olivia hantken, sunset ideas for hanging gardens, sunset magazine

Categories Flowers, Interior Design, Photography, Plants

Floating Gardens

February 15, 2013 //

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.

Floating Garden Photographs String Gardens.