The Florist and The Gardener
The amazingly creative, plant-obsessed Angie of Ode Ceramics and I did a story last month for The Planthunter about the different ways plant and flower people source, care for and arrange plants vs...
View ArticlePiet Oudolf
Oudolf is a garden design maestro. His incredibly distinct planting style is so beautifully balanced along with being so aware and in harmony with all the seasons. Some of his more well known gardens...
View ArticleMervyn O’Gorman
Mervyn O’Gorman, a famous British engineer, was also one of the pioneers of colour photography. These images, taken in 1913, show one of his daughters Christina on a beach in Dorset and mingling with...
View ArticleJardin de Reuilly-Paul-Pernin, Paris
This garden, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, and off the Promenade Plantée which I have previously written about, was an explosion of colour when I visited in summer last year. All photographs by...
View ArticleI recently changed my Instagram handle from @thesecretgardenblog to @sophia_kaplan Still the same photographs of gardens and flowers, but I wanted it to reflect my new branding and website. Some recent...
View ArticleL’été
I find myself back in Paris once again. Thus the lack of posts lately – my apologies – as I’ve been rather wifi-less of late. Our week in Paris at the end of June involved lots of summer fruits,...
View ArticleFinocchio Verde
In late June James and I took a train down to Lyon, hired a car and cruised across the alps to Piedmont arriving at dusk to an amazing little farm by the name of Finocchio Verde. We found our hosts...
View ArticleRoyal Botanic Garden Illustrations
To celebrate 200 years of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney the garden has released a limited number of giclee prints of rare botanical illustrations from the herbariums archives. They are available for...
View ArticlePortland + the Bearded Iris
Last month I got to experience the most incredibly flower-filled week in Portland. The main reason for our trip was to partake in a rather special flower workshop run by The Little Flower School...
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