There's something deeply adorable about moss - vibrant colour, velvety texture, strokeable and somewhat spooky - what's not to love? I was, therefore, thrilled and inspired to find the blog of Emma Bond, who is a fellow member of the Blotanist online community and Landscape Designer (therefore eminently more experienced than li'l novice me) - and a pretty good photographer to boot! Through her own love of moss, she's working hard to bring this little paragon of persistence back into popularity and written inspiringly on the subject (click here to read more on Emma's blog, The Orchard Studio - also found in my sidebar). I'm especially taken with the idea of Moss Graffiti; Emma has sourced a 'recipe' from Guerilla Gardening blog Heavy Petal (link here) for a moss mix which can be used to encourage moss growth wherever your fancy takes you. It was even seen in carpet form at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair!
Hmm… I'm thinking about huggable moss walls for the Urban Veg Patch … I think this could be a project that the kids would really get behind! Check out this look from Moss Acres via Emma Bond:
Love it!
Yes, there's something totally 'strokeable' (is that a word?) about moss. It looks great in that last picture.
ReplyDeleteYes, isn't it fab! I wonder how long it took to grow like that?
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