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April 16, 2017

New love: my fiddle leaf fig (ficus lyrata)

Fiddle leaf fig | Growing Spaces

As birthday presents go, this was a parcel that was hard to beat – a huge box, with a few tantalising leaves poking out of the box – inside was the most gorgeous fiddle leaf fig tree (ficus lystrata). It…

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November 6, 2016

Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants book review

Urban Jungle Bloggers book review | Growing Spaces

Trust me when I tell you that Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants by Igor Josif and Judith de Graaff (the founders of Urban Jungle Bloggers) is an absolute joy to read. Whether you’re well along the path to plant addition,…

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September 20, 2016

Urban Jungle Bloggers | #plantselfie

My name is Heather and I have an addiction to plants. Although you guys probably knew that already, right? Now, those gorgeous folks Igor and Judith came up with the theme of ‘plant selfie’ for September’s Urban Jungle Bloggers, and…

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February 24, 2016

Jungle animals: Urban Jungle Bloggers

Wild animals and plants with Urban Jungle Bloggers | Growing Spaces

Did you hear that 2016 will see the publication of the first ever Urban Jungle Bloggers book? So exciting and very well-deserved! I know Igor and Judith are already busy beavering away, and I can’t wait to see what they…

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January 21, 2016

Kitchen plants | Urban Jungle Bloggers

kitchen plants for Urban Jungle Bloggers | Growing Spaces

This month, Igor and Judith asked all the Urban Jungle Bloggers out there to show off the plants that live in our kitchens. My kitchen window sill is like my little plant nursery – it’s where my babies or poorly…

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May 24, 2015

My plant gang | Urban Jungle Bloggers

String shelves full of indoor plans | Growing Spaces

This month’s #urbanjunglebloggers challenge from Igor and Judith was about grouping plants together to celebrate their diversity – combining sizes, shapes, colours and textures. I decided that the String shelving system in my office was the perfect spot to show…

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May 1, 2015

A green gift | Urban Jungle Bloggers

I made these table favours for a Greek-themed dinner party a couple of weeks ago and thought they’d be perfect to share for this month’s Urban Jungle Bloggers challenge by Igor and Judith: ‘offer a plant to a friend’. Some…

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January 30, 2015

Plants and coffee | Urban Jungle Bloggers

A good cup of coffee (strong and black with a large brown sugar cube please) is a firmly established addiction in my life, and I’m definitely cultivating a new addition to houseplants, evidenced by my frequent trips to our local…

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November 7, 2014

Kitchen plant shelfie | Urban Jungle Bloggers

Better late than never with my Urban Jungle Bloggers post for Igor and Judith this month. The theme was ‘My Plant Shelfie’ and I’ve chosen to share the open shelving in our kitchen. We bought these shelves years ago on…

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