Something for a lush, leafy, and tropical themed garden!
And in relation to my recent post, on a particularly very wet and dreary Saturday morning we made our annual spring pilgrimage to Camden Town in London, to check out the myriads of boheme and alternative shops within Camden Market. For amongst the hundreds of shops there are several stalls specialising in exotic fabrics and accessories sourced from far flung places such as India, South East Asia, and Africa.
The boheme Camden Market!
Exotic accessories for an exotic garden, that's what we need! And we could do with a few new pieces this year just to vary the tone a bit in our garden as well as something new for us to look at. Variety is a fantastic spice, why not drizzle some in your garden too?
Fabulous array of brightly coloured fabrics, throws, and cushions evoking of exotic places!
That's one way of announcing 'There's an Asian fabric shop here!!'
Exotic gardening is a relative term, and can vary depending what area of the world you live at to begin with. But more likely it would mean adapting a style of garden that you would normally not find in your local setting (even if you use 'not so' exotic plants as backbones), conveying a sense of a place from far flung regions of the world, miles away from your own. And you can do that, not just with carefully selected plants but by also using the right accessories.
Masks and other sundries...I quite like the carved Indonesian wooden panel at the top end of this photo
The quintessential Buddha statues for that oriental look!
African masks galore!
A trio of bronze Indian gods (or goddesses??). I think they look superb grouped like that, very nice pieces!
Most of the areas of our garden that we accessorise has a lush, leafy, tropical theme to it so it would be fitting to look for accessories that convey warm, tropical areas where this sort of planting is more associated with. So the items sold in these specialist shops would be perfect for what we're trying to do. A treasure trove of exotic delights to help stage dress our garden!
A dazzling selection of exotic sundries!!
I love these two Southeast Asian wooden chairs, gorgeous! Too gorgeous to be exposed to the elements though!
Exotic accessory heaven!
From Asian to African in one corner...
More African wooden masks and sculptures...
Distinctively Indonesian!
So what did we come home with? A couple of brightly coloured throws, boxes of incense sticks, and a couple of statues which will no doubt feature on one of our future posts.Now all we need is the ultimate garden accessory of all: the sun!
Mark :-)
