This week the Gardenista editors rounded up the best indoor/outdoor products from Ikea’s Summer 2018 collection, decoded poppies, and took a tour of a lush Argentinian garden. Take a look.
Above: Gardenista contributor Sophia Moreno-Bunge visits her own aunt and uncle’s garden in the San Isidro neighborhood of Buenos Aires, which her uncle has transformed into a lush hanging orchid garden. “Huge magnolia and jacaranda trees live happily next to tropical palms, and climbing roses cover stone walls. It’s a bit grand, a bit rundown, and loaded with South American charm,” she writes. Read on: Garden Visit: A Hanging Orchid Garden in San Isidro, Buenos Aires. Above: The latest object of our desire? Elegant Ceramic Planters from Japanese ceramics purveyors Hasami Porcelain, in which the saucer can double as a dinner plate. Above: Foraging for poppies has the potential for a lot of charm: It involves bringing some newsprint and a small basket filled with water along with you into the field or garden to protect the stems until you get home. See Rethinking Poppies: How to Make a Fragile Flower Last Longer for a step-by-step guide to cutting and arranging this delicate spring flower.
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