It’s another soggy day here in Vancouver, and because the weather report tells me I won’t be spending any time in my garden this weekend, I’m substituting actual gardening with the online version of a garden tour. I’m talking about Design Assistant, from CoastalLiving.com. It features all kinds of interior and outdoor rooms and treatments […]
Inspiration
I spy…
something that is fabulous. I’m not the only one who stops traffic to snap a picture of a nice garden, right? Well, this one made me slam on the brakes. Keep in mind that this is March, so the garden isn’t even in its prime. But if this is what is meant by a four-season […]
Honour thy tree stump
Saw this upholstered tree stump on Boing Boing today and thought it would be a great public art project for my friends at the Vancouver Public Space Network to take up. Artist Madelon Galland started the STUMP Project in New York City to “activate spaces that have been under neglect” and “participate with what is […]
Forest floor
Love it. Want it. Need it. It being the Forest Roll from the ever-playful Aguiniga Design. Via NotCot.
Inspiration overload
As I mentioned last week, a guerilla gardening group recently formed in Vancouver. We met last weekend, and I’ve been thinking about how to introduce the group to Heavy Petal readers. You see, there are just so many cool people involved! It’s inspiring and exciting. First, there’s our founder and fearless leader, Oren, a landscape […]
Zen garden rug
Love the serene look of the traditional zen garden, but don’t have the space or patience for raking? Pick up the Ryoan-Ji rug from DellaRobbia. Voila. Instant zen.
Retail therapy – day two
It’s Retail Therapy week at Heavy Petal, and today we’re coveting the paper cut work of artist Peter Callesen. With painstaking craftsmanship Callesen creates intricate, fragile beauty – out of basic A4 paper, 2D becomes 3D, ordinary becomes extraordinary. I’m already taking liberties with my editorial – because this isn’t exactly retail. But look at […]
I bet Des Kennedy celebrates World Naked Gardening Day
des kennedy, denman island, recreating eden