Maybe flowers are our truest language. Sunny sprays tied with simple string served from vintage Volkswagen vans, swan vessels laden with mismatched market fresh blooms or arranged in a cover-worthy crimson floral wall, utilize sight and scent to imbue immense joy without a single word. Walking into shops tangled with brambles and botanicals, alight with blooms of every color and covered in floral curiosities is certainly one of life’s simplest, yet greatest pleasures. Here are 25 of the most wild and wonderful floral shops from around the globe. Are greens more your thing? Check out 30 of the Cutest Plant Shops Around the World → Reporter: Katie Bush

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A few days ago, I have received Isabel López-Quesada At Home, another fabulous publication from Vendome Press. Thanks Meghan! In this delightful volume authored by Spanish designer Isabel López-Quesada, she relates how she transformed an abandoned wax factory in a leafy district of Madrid into her family home and atelier, and then recounts how she created a country home out of a run-down Basque farm in the hills outside of Biarritz, France. Some of the lovely images you will find inside this book! Photo credit: Miguel Flores-Vianna I absolutely adore this book! She definitely has a great eye in combining period and contemporary furniture and art. In this publication, you will be mesmerized by her warm, effortlessly lived-in and beautifully layered interiors. In addition, you will also find inviting grapevine-covered pergolas, relaxing shady verandas, tree-lined trails and an amazing infinity pool in this volume. Illustrated with hundreds of high-quality photographs of swoon-worthy interiors and charming outdoor living, this book will transport you to extraordinary places. Engaging, inspirational and unforgettable, this gorgeous book shouldn't be missed especially if you are an interior design fan. I am thrilled to add this stunning book to my collection, I know you will too! Highly recommended! Don't forget to get your own copy here! *I received this book to review for free but the views and opinions expressed are entirely my own.

For most of my twenties, I dreamed of opening a flower shop. I found myself in my first house, throwing parties, enthralled with my garden and honing my arrangement skills. That lead to catering and floral work for other people's parties and half baked plans to open my own storefront. I kicked around names, knew just what I'd offer my patrons and drew up plans for what the shop would look like inside. As years dragged on, I got into more serious floral design projects- weddings and events with 30-60 individual arrangements and elements per pop... almost exclusively created by myself. Life took unexpected turns and my path lead me further away from my floral shop dreams. The heavy project work eventually lead to burn-out and ultimately I decided if that dream were ever to become a reality, the types of arrangements I'd offer would not be event-facing creations, but would aim to merge my love of gardening with my affection for freshly cut blooms. In the end, I'd focus on making the everyday more beautiful, not necessarily a 5 hour party. Garden, Atlanta Many of the types of floral studios that draw me to their doors these days look like these: rife with potted offerings, flush with multi-hued foliage and gift-ready herbs. I'm particularly fond of those urban storefronts and the way the lush offerings out front seem to contradict the concrete and metal facades that flank them. Christoffers Blommer, Stockholm Lonny Mant, Copenhagen First impressions and front of the house displays are so important for setting the tone. The walk up to Mant in Copenhagen is my ideal version of a floral meets garden haven. Flamant, Paris I surprised myself by how much I love these basket arrangements out in front of this Paris shop. Perhaps because there is uniformity in the type of basket and not a hodge-podge collection, this otherwise rustic set up still appeals to my more modern design tendencies. Blomsterkuret, Copenhagen Blomsterkuret in Copenhagen presents a welcoming array of baskets by the door as well- again, all uniform in color and style. The stained black building with white awning is right up my alley. Matsuki Kousuke Brutto Gusta, Berlin Stoneface Creations Twig, Tetbury England Perhaps this dream will eventually come to fruition through one of the twists and turns on my current path. I still do some floral work on the side and these days funnily enough, much of that has turned back to wedding work. It's funny how life plays out. Mortgage, career, finances and eventual family planning will all play into if, when and how I might make it happen. For now, I like to think I still have one foot in this little dream of mine. It will be interesting to see how experiences between now and then will continue to shape it.

Brussels, April 28, 2006 camera= Nikon-EM film camera B Brussels 008

Écht warm is het nog niet en als wij niet naar buiten kunnen, dan halen we buiten maar naar binnen. De beste inside gardens van het web. Ook zien: Urban Gardening - Zo wordt de zomer gevierd in NYC > Foto's: Pinterest