Property News · August 8, 2021

Baby’s breath: from floristry fave to trendsetter


You used to see them on petrol station forecourts, now they are achingly on-messageAs an ethnobotanist, it’s perhaps not a huge surprise that I find our ever-changing cultural attitudes to plants fascinating, and nowhere is this more the case than in gardening fashion. Just as with food or clothes, trends can be dismissed as gimmicky, superficial or consumerist, but I believe they also play a vital yet overlooked role driving innovation. They can often force us to sit up and take notice of ingredients and ideas one may never have otherwise considered experimenting with. In doing so, they may force us away from sticking to the same safe repertoire of tried and tested favourites.Even if I loathe a particular trend (as I do with the Instagram craze for variegated aroids, for example), I know in itself it is a positive thing as it can help designers clarify what they do like, or even go against dominant trends to create new ones. Here is an example of an emerging trend that I think is long overdue. Hear me out – it’s gypsophila. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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