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As part of our creative theming for South Bank’s Regional Flavours event, Sow ‘n Sow created hanging installations for the beautiful bougainvillea Arbour. Colourful, edible planters made out of hessian hang in 4 different sections of the Arbour alongside hanging herbs.
Here’s a few photos of the completed edible pallet gardens, on-site at South Bank in the lead up to Regional Flavours.
As promised, here are more photos of the creation of the ‘pallet gardens’, designed by Sow ‘n Sow for South Bank’s signature food and sustainability event, Regional Flavours. While building and planting in the glorious Brisbane sunshine continued, stencilling commenced and the first of the completed stacks were fork lifted into South Bank Parklands. All
For the past few months team Sow ‘n Sow has been busy designing and delivering creative theming elements for South Bank’s signature food and sustainability event, Regional Flavours, which celebrates all things regional. Our brief was to design and implement several eye catching installations which would enhance the experience of visitors to South Bank and
Sow ‘n Sow has a little mention in the July edition of Shop Til You Drop magazine! And what a small world it is, we are on the same page as Foxes of Fancy’s Tex and Joe vegetable bags! We are a part of the ‘Green House’ feature – all things earth-friendly for tree huggers,
With a long weekend approaching I can’t help but dream of a get away and the place I want to be this weekend is Perth. We have a fabulous new stockist there, Foxes of Fancy in Mosman Park and I have a friend over there who I rarely get to see! Foxes of Fancy looks
It is sooo lovely when we receive positive feedback about our our Gifts of Seeds such as stockist enquiries from lovely shops, but the most exciting of all is when people send us photos of their garden joy! Here are a few recent garden progress reports. We love love receiving photos, send us pics of
Some more of Paula Hayes amazing work. These are serious, professional terrariums! The glass vases are amazing. Photographers: Eva Heyd, Sherry Griffin
I have discovered another incredibly inspiring artist who is right up my alley.. stylish, modern objects of plant based genius. The only problem is that Paula Hayes does so many cool things that I don’t know where to start, so I have decided to save some of her other work for blog posts to come.
This great street art comes from Unurth, a very cool resource. I’ve picked some of the pieces which incorporate nature, but there are all kinds over on the Unurth website.
Some dreamy inspiration to ease us into the weekend. This amazing installation is called ‘Falling Garden’ by Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger in the San Staë church on the Canale Grande, 50th Biennial of Venice, 2003. Wouldn’t it be a treat to be lying on that bed?
I have just had the very difficult task of going through hundreds of beautiful stylised product photos and trying to choose just a few to feature on our website. No easy job! How is one to choose when there are so many stunning images? The wonderful photographer is Emily Jade Barr, a very creative friend
Happy Easter! We have a glorious 5 day long weekend ahead, bliss! Here’s some pretty inspirations to keep you dreaming.
I had a lovely time yesterday at the North Melbourne Market with my tiny little stall featuring terrariums, seed bombs and Gifts of Seeds. The experimental marigold seed bombs were given away to a handful of lucky guerilla-gardeners-to-be, I’m looking forward to hearing how they go. Thanks to everyone who came down and had a chat!
Some cool succulent photos sent to me by my lovely sisters who were frolicking in the English country side when they came across these. Sometimes finding simple pot solutions like brick holes work the best. How cool is that big green pie-like one in the bottom left corner?
This installation reminds me of Alice In Wonderland. A little cookoo yet fun and pretty at the same time. String gardens display, ‘inspired by ‘(or copied!) Fedor’s String gardens. A beautifully crafted tree trunk, one of the installations at the Flower and Garden show These terrariums house ‘good bugs’! With the three new Gifts of
It is with great pleasure that I introduce the three new Gifts of Seeds: Poppy, Forget-me-not and Oregano! These were especially selected because the seeds can be sown in the cooler months of the year so our Gifts of Seeds are suitable all year round. Poppy’s are an incredibly beautiful delicate flower and an absolute
Last week was filled with garden inspirations, especially because the weather was incredible over the long weekend. On Friday I visited the Metlink Edible Garden in City Square which was a part of Melbourne’s Food and Wine Festival. The edible gardens were set up by the Digger’s Club (which I’m a proud member of!) who created a
I am very excited to share some insight into the other things I’ve been working on as part of the Sow ‘n Sow product range. Whilst the Gifts of Seeds are by no means done and dusted (three new ones will be available in just over a week!) I always had plans to develop other
I am pretty stoked to have caught Joost Greenhouse in Sydney over the weekend. The modular, recyclable construction is made out of an innovative steel framing system where the steel is printed and cut on-site, reducing waste and minimising transport emissions. Straw bales are used for insulation, the floor is made out of car tyres and
Sometimes I am so busy working away doing things that I hardly notice what I have achieved. That is until I open up a new blog post and start typing! We have just donated one of each of our Gifts of Seeds to Craft Relief, a non-profit online store created to raise money for those
I’ve spotted a few sunflowers around town lately and they are just so bright and happy and beautiful. The pictures at the top are of sunflowers at a house in Northcote and the ‘Look at the spirals’ sunflower was on the corner of Smith and Gertrude St, under the big billboard. I wonder who wrote
What a great idea! A simple little earring clip that allows you to make your favourite leaf of twig or flower or anything else into an accessory. I would wear basil leaves, my favourite herb and hopefully wafts of sweet basil would fill the room! This little clip earring is made by Fift, a Japanese
Sow ‘n Sow specialises in custom designed Gifts of Seeds which are ideal for corporate promotions. A gift of seeds encourages your guests or recipients to grow a plant which will cement the memory of the occasion for many years and generations to come. We can also tailor the seed type to suit the meaning or
These dreamy photos are the work of the incredible fashion and commercial art photographer Rus Anson. Born in Barcelona, Rus (short for Rosanna) studied art in San Francisco. Her photographs are often inspired by imagination and daydreams. Those vegetables look so beautiful! Please Rus, won’t you photograph my products?! I offer seed, lots of pretty
I just stumbled across these amazing La Fille du Consul jewellery pieces. They are created by the lovely Parisien Delphine Roche de Montgrand. “I make small “sculptures to wear”, “3D trompe l’oeil”. My work plays with the spectator’s sight who wonder if it is old or current, real or false, if it is eaten or
We would like to thank all our stockists and customers who made our ‘Gifts of Seeds’ a part of their festive season. A special thanks to hardtofind for featuring ‘My Basil’ in their gift guide for stocking fillers under $40, Mandrake and Willow for featuring us in their christmas gift guide and Susan Parsons for
This year I’ve spent a lot of time collecting pictures which inspire me in the development of products for Sow ‘n Sow. With the new year fast approaching us and hopefully many more inspirations yet to come, I thought it might be nice to share a snippet of the pictures i’ve been hoarding on my
With christmas fast approaching it is indeed time to get presents organised! Our Gift of Seeds make lovely little stocking fillers or send them to loved ones around the world as a christmas card and gift in one. We also now have a ‘Children’s Garden Gift Set’ available on hardtofind. A best seller at the
Sow ‘n Sow is excited to introduce a new variety to our Gift of Seeds collection. ‘Charming Chilli’ is now available! It can be purchased in our online store and will be with most stockists soon. I had a lovely time at the North Melbourne Market yesterday. I was very lucky to be positioned beside the
We’ve just completed a mammoth custom order which has kept us very busy. ‘Us’ because I’ve had some wonderful helpers including Tossie who stayed up till 2am with me on a Saturday night!, Caja who glued the most basil packets in the most perfect way, sticker fingers packaging expert Mike and Bish who put up
Well I’ve been really busy! Which is awesome. I’m very excited to announce Sow ‘n Sow’s new (or soon to be) stockists: The Local Shop, 262 High St, Northcote Little Salon, 71 Gertrude St Fitzroy and Shop 1/353 Little Collins St Melbourne http://www.littlesalon.com.au/ Ramona Tienda, 113 Errol St, North Melbourne http://www.ramonatienda.com/ Biome, 215 Adelaide Street,
Mel Balkan is my very talented hair stylist and is now stocking Sow ‘n Sow’s Gifts of Seeds! I’ve been seeing Mel ever since moving to Melbourne. I heard about her through my friend Jules who used to work at The Black Cat on Brunswick St. Mel’s amazing studio was just behind the Black Cat so
Finally back to reality after a long break in a campervan in Tasmania. Here are some of the inspirations found along the way. A windowsill at Battery Point, Hobart. A store at Hobart’s Salamanca markets selling cut trinkets with plants Beautiful poppies at Port Arthur.
I’ve been thinking a lot about innovative ways to display the ‘Gifts of Seeds’ in shops and florists etc. Today I gave a few of my ideas a go and am pretty happy with the results. It’s all about living display stands – what better way to portray the product than beside the seedlings themselves. I’ve
Great planter boxes at Ceres new restaurant ‘Merri’. A basil sprout! Nice planter tags from Ceres Sunflower seedlings Our organic basil and sunflower seeds are doing well – the sunflowers are growing really fast! I’ll have to transplant them into the ground soon. I found some great raised garden beds at Ceres the other day
I’d love to be in London at the moment because the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall is covered in replica Sunflower seeds for an exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The seeds are intricately hand crafted and there are 100 million of them! The funny thing is that it was supposed to be the kind of
I am very excited to announce that the gorgeous boutique Orlando and Ivy are now stocking our seed packets! The lovely Ming-Zhu has taken us under her wing and added our lovelies to her shop which is full of local and sustainable art and design. Orlando and Ivy is one of the friendliest places around and Ming-Zhu
Preparing for the photo shoot with Emily tomorrow… pulling together props and preparing a bunch of finished seed packets. Hopefully we’ll get some lovelies and it should be fun! Will hopefully have all new pics for the website by Monday.
Had a lovely weekend in the country out around the Otways and found some furry, creature-looking ferns and things in the rainforest, they’re super funky. Photography by Victoria.
It’s taken me a long time to get my head around building websites but I think I’ve finally done it.Having explored all the various online tools and straining my mind back to university days where I did a subject on the topic, I can now with confidence say that I have something up, and it’s
I have started a gardening book collection and definitely need to add these lovely titles. Nice seedling trays and GIANT WATERLILIES! Excellent.. photos courtesy of Papa, taken at Kew Gardens in London. Can’t believe we didn’t go to Kew Gardens when we were there. Thanks Dad xx
Sow ‘n Sow proudly fulfilled its first custom order last week, Golden Wattle seeds for Sustainable Built Environments (SBE) a consultancy specialising in green buildings. Having just re-branded, SBE were holding a birthday party/ brand launch celebration and invited me to produce 200 seed packets to give out at the event. Golden wattle seeds were
Restaurant pretties – lavender creates a delightful wall piece in the bathrooms and old olive oil tins serve as clever plant pots in the courtyard – both at Helenic Republic, East Brunswick, taken last weekend.
The artwork for the seed packets is going to print! So in about 2 weeks I’m going to have the little thing we’ve been working on since March in my hands at last. I have also just received my first bulk order of organic sunflower seeds with organic sweet basil on its way. The plan
It’s time to start introducing Sow ‘n Sow the business! The designer seed packets are well and truly on the way now – just in time for spring. There are a few minor design tweaks to make, and a couple of quotes to be sought before we go to print but the packets look gorgeous.
I’m inspired by design from all over the world – much of which is discovered through the world of blogging (which I only really discovered earlier this year). My posts have been few and far between lately so I thought I should start posting some of the things I come across which are very ‘Sow ‘n
The beautiful photos by my wonderful friend Julia. Featuring Amy, Caja and Josie, Melbourne city and surrounds.
