Urban Jungle Bloggers: Spring Styling

I am really happy to be joining the Urban Jungle Bloggers this month.

If you haven’t come across it before, Urban Jungle Bloggers is a monthly series initiated by two bloggers: Igor of Happy Interior Blog and Judith of JOELIX.com. Every month a group of bloggers join up and share ideas to create an urban jungle through styling ideas, DIYs, green tips and tricks. And each time there is a different theme. It’s a great way to get inspiration for adding more biophilia into your home.

This month’s topic is green Spring styling. And the challenge was to create a fresh Spring vignette or tabletop styling with green plants.

One of the first things that came to mind was to give it a Mediterranean theme. Because it seems so synonymous with spring. Warm sunny days, simple living, fresh ingredients, natural materials – and of course, herbs and plants.

My starting point was a Rosemary plant – a herb that is native to the Mediterranean region. I thought it would be perfect for the table, as it is very decorative with its evergreen needle-like leaves. And it usually starts flowering in spring with delicate white, blue or purple flowers. Rosemary also has a beautiful aroma. And it’s wonderful to add to your cooking!

I placed it into a rustic, textured terracotta pot. And tied a thin brown leather string around it to add some subtle decoration.

Terracotta has been used as a material for plant pots in Mediterranean countries since the times of antiquity. In fact, the word terra cotta comes from Latin and means “baked earth”.

I thought it might be nice to link back to its origins in the vignette, bringing ancient and modern together. So I added some small decorative terracotta pots, which look similar to the ones from ancient Greece and Rome.

To introduce some colour, I added a curvaceous glass bottle in cobalt blue. Which I used as a vase. And continuing the theme, I filled it with some olive branches.

The colour blue is of course, so evocative of the Mediterranean. (And it also matches my dinner plates perfectly!)

I really enjoyed the challenge of creating a fresh Spring Mediterranean vignette. And it was a great learning experience to tell a visual story. To think about what to include, as well as what to leave out. I hope you like the results?

And if you want to see all the other lovely creations this month, visit the Urban Jungle Bloggers Facebook Page or Pinterest Board.

[Images: Mocha]