The High Line } New York City
I’ve never been to New York, but I’m fast finding many reasons to go – one being to walk the High Line park with my very own footsies. Have you been there? Running along the lower west side of Manhattan, the dilapidated raised rail line was doomed for destruction in 1999, until a group led by Robert Hammond [...]
Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
We’re so lucky to have a very special guest here on Cohabitaire today: the lovely Lana Kenney who’s blog, lanalou style, I read religiously and highly recommend. Please give Lana a warm welcome as she shares some natural beauty from Cape Town… Today I’d like to share with you one of Cape Town’s highlights and [...]
Fauna y flora preservada } Nature implanted
My latest urban/nature art crush is Fauna & flora preserved, or ‘Nature Implanted’ which unexpectedly popped up all over Madrid recently, the creation of Luzinterruptus: “an anonymous artistic group, who carries out urban interventions in public spaces”
Chelsea Flower Show } edible and ornamental
It’s that time of year again: new David Austin roses (this time the ‘William and Catherine’ was released!), ladies in hats and lots and lots of heavenly gardens. I can only judge by photos, but here are my two favourites…
Introducing Permaculture
Did you know the term ‘permaculture’ is a short for permanent agriculture? I did not, but now that I do it makes a little more sense (slightly). A definition from the Permaculture research Institute of Australia helps out a little more: “Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the [...]
La Chanh Nguyen } Product design
The texture of grass between one’s toes is oh so delightful – a sensation not lost on Swiss designer, La Chanh Nguyen, the creator of above moss bath mat. Yes! It really is made up of real moss, three kinds and 70 blobs of it as a matter of factly. Set in a special kind [...]
Balmori’s Bilbao Jardín
Last year, Diana Balmori of Balmori Associates Landscape & Urban design, completed this captivating creation – an 80 square meter garden that spills down (or climbs up) a stair case in Bilbao, Spain. [rss-cut] As a member of the jury for the second edition of Bilbao Jardín 2009, Balmori was invited to create a garden, [...]
{photo set} Spring has sprung!
I love Spring for many, many reasons – one being the spectacular David Jones annual Flower Show. This year marks the event’s 25th anniversary and, my oh my, the occasion is being celebrated with suitably breathtaking displays. Showing until September 12th at their Sydney Elizabeth Street store, you simply must drop by if you’re in [...]
{photo set} You can Hyde in the city
Some mornings I hop off the bus a few stops early to walk through Hyde Park in a last second attempt to save myself from the city, even if just for 5 minutes. On crystal clear days, like the one below, there’s something so magical about sunlight sparkling through the leaves, the comforting canopy of [...]
