Friday, November 23, 2012

City Life City Garden 2012 (2) : Shabby chic garden theme

As I mentioned in previous post, in this exhibition there’re also some garden exhibition by the local university students. Unfortunately I don’t know from which university they're, but my roommate said they might be from the landscape major…since this is just an installation, some of them might not be applicable in real outdoor garden, however, most of them are simple brilliant ideas that can be your garden inspiration!!! Of course we cannot post all of those exhibitions, only few that we think are simple and unique can be seen in this post and the series ahead…….


Ahem… the first garden installation was titled ‘Vivid of vintage’ by the creators, however … I don’t see any vintage look in this garden, since everything looks new… personally, I think this garden theme tends toward the shabby chic theme… you can see the patchwork pillows (1A) are the accent… with the surrounding consists of arranged boxes in natural and white color…


My favorite item in this garden is this hanging board (1B). It’s just simple board with cabinet knobs as the hangers, but the drawings and the additional items to be hanged made them more cute…. also notice how some of the boxes filled with gravels… looks very neat and completely different with the usual arrangements of just pour the gravel between the tiles.. for small gardens, this technique can be applied.


As the lighting fixtures, I think it’s brilliant to use rattan garden rake painted white ( 1C) and attached them to the wooden sticks. The ribbons might not be applicable outdoor but rattan can withstand the weather so you might want to try this at home.


Aside from being the plants container, some of the boxes can also be used as display for dried coconut shells, 'bintaro' seed, pinecones and branches, don’t forget to attach some chicken wire to prevent the falling. A good idea for those who don’t want the hassle of watering the plants everyday…

Overall, this mini garden can be an inspiration for your small gardens…both minimalist and modern style houses can enjoy this theme since it is simple and can fit into many designs…but…before you decide, you might want to look at our next post first, which will encompass the vintage theme, so keep on checking our blog!!!

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