my favourite things: vertical succulents wall garden

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tiffanys living art's gorgeous made-to-order vertical succulent wall art!

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i'm compiling fun ideas for our hopefully lush, green & gorgeous new balcony garden here at home (via my new pinterest account! love it!) and i'm especially smitten by these fabulous vertical succulent wall gardens. 

you know how i ADORE succulents (like hens & chicks.)

sigh! 

what gardeny goodness are you crushing on these days, loves? 

got any great ideas for our balcony makeover garden? thanks!

i'd love to hear! 

(ps: it's snowy here. might have to keep *planning* a little bit longer!)

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love this DIY project by grizzly bear modern!

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brilliant! the vertical forest

  

all images ©Boeri Studio

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isn't this brilliant? 

it's the new bosco verticale {vertical forest} residential towers project in milan, by architect stefano boeri.  love how the design is so beautiful, ingenious & sustainably savvy.

can you imagine the wonderment when autumn comes and the leaves fall gently into the city streets?

wow.

{ via treehugger }

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all images ©Boeri Studio 

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great green-ie: terre mum

greening.... i find it exciting and hopeful that while there sure are lots of terrible things going on to pollute & harm our planet, there are so many wonderful folks doing fabulous things to help make the world a greener, healthier place! so, the rikrak studio is happy to feature great green-ies : snapshots of amazing, inspiring. eco-forward-thinking folks & groups from all sorts of fields and paths in the greening movement. some inspire by greening at home, or in their business; in their art or the larger world, or on many levels at once! i've asked each green-ie to suggest an easy eco-idea or tip we might all be able to add to our daily lives. today i'm honoured to present the next in this series! 

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eco friendly is great. 

and handmade eco friendly with a gorgeous design? even better.

meet terre mum. 

the beautiful eco homewares shop of designer jennie harland is filled with beautiful cloth napkins, java jackets, snack bags and more handstamped in gorgeous designs.

i just love her beautiful selection of eco linen & eco cotton options, and her use of unbleached natural fabrics. with something for everyone, i can think of a list full of folks who'd just love something from this beautiful handmade shop!

jennie is a wonderfully active part of the eco-forward handmaking community and i just love that.  and now... a terre mum eco tip: My eco tip is one that I love and use all the time! At my house, we brew a lot of coffee.It was a couple years ago that I started searching for a natural cat repellant for my garden. Unfortunately, I don’t remember where I read that I should try the coffee grounds. Anyway, after you brew your coffee, save your used grounds! Sprinkle them around your garden and the cats (unless unnaturally determined) will stay away because they don’t like the smell! But wait!! There is another benefit!! Coffee grounds add nitrogen to the ground which your flowers love!! When I started adding the coffee grounds to my gardens, I also noticed some serious growth in my plants! Last year my daisies were absolutely gigantic! So brew up some joe and save those wonderful old used coffee grounds!! Add them to your compost or sprinkle them around your garden like I do! I really think you will like the results!! Your little flower friends will love you for it too!

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terre mum

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thanks so much, nicey!

have a great green day.

{ ps: thanks so much to the lovely this little bird who nominated terre mum for this great green-ie! nominate your own fave green artists here!} 

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spring cleaning

cotton scrubbie by laksaware
linen apron by jewelweeds
clean in style gloves by JulieMeyer
dishwasher detergent by CleanRinse

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i've gotta say.
i'm a little late on the draw.
we're kind of just doing our spring cleaning these days here @ the rikrak home (even though spring has sprung for a while now!)
... but as it's said... it's never too late to clean!

here's the thing. i don't mind cleaning, i just don't do it all that often!
but there sure is a great feeling once something is nice and tidy and clean.
the thing i really need to spring clean are my rikrak supply shelves, but that will have to wait for a wee bit!

today it's the kitchen & living room overhaul @ my place. wish me luck!

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