OG Media: March 2009

Botanical Madness

Botanical Madness exhibiton Katz Gallery Zurich via Vernissage TV

Within the human being resides a deeply rooted need to define its own relationship with nature. This exhibition attempts to identify possible (conceptual) places and traces of human existence in the world of flora and fauna which surrounds us.

Moss

Kyoto Moss List | Slideshow on flickr. Love the moss in boxes.

Moss Plants and More: This evolutionary biology PhD student shares her research on mosses.

Moss makes a no care Lawn | NYTimes

Cyanotypes

Cyanotypes of British Algae by Anna Atkins at the New York Public Library

San Francisco Flower Show 2009

Flickr: List, Slideshow

Backyard Revolution

Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden | NYTimes
....the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II.

Barbour Beacon Project

Classic outdoor apparel company Barbour, their wax jackets a mainstay for British gardeners are looking to ramp up their fashion cred by teaming up with Japanese designer Tokito to create Barbour Beacon Project, a limited edition collection only available in Italy for fall 09. In the UK , the regular Barbour brand also gets a few tweaks and goes BritPrep Love the duralinen jacket.

My Summer in a Garden

My Summer in a Garden by Charles Dudly Warner

Oft quoted but seldom credited,Charles Dudley Warner’s My Summer in a Garden is a classic of American garden writing and was a seminal early work in the then fledgling genre of American nature writing. Warner—prominent in his day as a writer and newspaper editor—was a dedicated amateur gardener who shared with Mark Twain, his close friend and neighbor, a sense of humor that remains deliciously fresh today.

Available on Kindle

Planting Peas

The Joy of Planting: Earth, Sun and Peas | NYTimes
All about Growing Peas | Mother Earth news
Sweet Pea Fact Sheet |Northern Gardening
March 28..too early to plant peas | A Northeast Gardener's Year

Potting Shed Chic

The Potting Shed is currently enjoying high profile exposure as fashion shoot location of the moment, see the Landed Gent in NYTimes and Burberry's new ad campaign.