Monday, June 4, 2018

Articulture, the amazing end of the 2018 Garden Bloggers Fling

The closing party of the 2018 Garden Bloggers Fling was one to remember. I'd been holding back these photos — on account of the fact I still have so many Fling gardens to share — but that's SILLY! Talk about the party stupid, it was so much fun. You really should have been there...

Articulture is (from their website): "an innovative design firm, boutique, and event space based in Austin, Texas. Our focus is on plant and botanical design. But we're not talking mums and ivies here. Articulture is known for breathtaking living walls, transformative interior plantscapes, and uncommonly inventive wedding and event decor. The new Articulture boutique opened in January 2016. After 6 year of "by appointment only" studio hours, the new 2,200 square-foot space is a new chapter for Articulture Designs. In addition to the retail boutique -- featuring home decor, gifts, and of course signature Articulture creations -- our studio space has more than doubled with the new location."

We got off the Fling buses, walked through the retail space (which was hard to do, I wanted to stop and shop!) and stepped out into this. It's fair to say I gasped...

There was an open tequila bar, pouring drinks featured in Lucinda Hutson's book ¡Viva Tequila!: Cocktails, Cooking, and Other Agave Adventures and Lucinda herself was on hand, selling, and signing, copies of her book (we visited Lucinda's garden earlier in the day, I took so many photos!)

And there were plants! So many plants, ones that had I been driving I would have considered hauling home.

Best of all there was magical space that we could all wander around in and soak up our final moments together in Austin.

I mentioned there were plants, right?

And planters, and cool structures...

And all of these friends mingling and chatting...

Now that's a green wall!

There was a tasty BBQ buffet for us to enjoy, but before I could eat I had to make my way back inside to see the retail space in detail. This was the wall outside the bathrooms...

And behind me was an equally decorative wall...

Once inside the bathroom I snap a couple more photos.

I include this blurry photo only for scale. That's a (fake) fur draped settee, which helps you to understand the massive size of the wallpaper pattern.

Wallpaper that I am still desperately in love with (*update, thanks to dg Facebook reader Albs Sharp we have a link to the wallpaper manufacturer! https://robinsprong.com/product/botanical-2/)

Eventually I managed to tear myself away from that wallpaper and see what else there was to love.
It could be very, very, dangerous should I actually live in the same city as all this goodness.

You're pretty amazing Articulture!

And thanks to the hard-working Austin Fling planners for putting together a stellar end to a fabulous Fling. It just went so fast!!!

Weather Diary, June 3: Hi 72, Low 56/ Precip .03"

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26 comments:

  1. What a cool place for the final Fling party! And that wallpaper! No matter how long I look at that photo, my brain insists that must be a Barbie doll couch.

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    1. I'm glad I thought to take a photo for scale, even though it turned out so poorly.

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  2. Articulture was the perfect place to hold our final event! I’m so glad to know you loved it too. It really expresses the Austin ambience.

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    1. It was absolutely perfect. The only negative I can think of is that it went too fast.

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  3. Articulture wrapped up the Fling into a perfect package; plants, artful displays, fabulous food and drink, and wonderful friends both new and old. I loved that event!

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  4. This place is so YOU, Loree!

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    1. Thank you Eliza, that's a huge compliment.

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  5. As usual, you picked up things I missed. I was surprised at just how much of the store's inventory I liked and more surprised still that I didn't buy anything. I think I was just too tired by that point...or maybe the barbecue and the drinks were just more compelling at the time.

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    1. Ya the dinner and drinks (and exhaustion) kept me from getting better photos, or buying anything! There was a Tillandsia I was enamored with.

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  6. Did you find out where the wallpaper came from? It's way amazing! A great place to end this wonderful fling. One of these days, you'll have to drive down through California and over to Texas in your big new plantmobile. I can see it coming home stuffed full of plants!

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    1. A blog reader did! Here: https://robinsprong.com/product/botanical-2/)

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  7. il love this gorgeous wallpaper too.

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    1. Link above if you want some for yourself.

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  8. It was wonderful setting and perfect weather, but I didn't really get much chance to look around the shop. The good news. I can go back any time I like.

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  9. I have never been a fan of wallpaper, but damn, this is magnificent. Makes me extra sorry we aren't moving to Austin.

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    1. Well, you'll only be about 900 miles away!

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  10. If I had only seen the green living wall and that wallpaper, it would have been enough.

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    1. Wish you could have been there with us Linda.

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  11. I loved this place, I loved the band, I loved the Margaritas and the food. And the company of garden bloggers --what could be better !

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    1. Oh the band! I neglected to mention the band, which was perfect.

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  12. OH MAN. Damned early plane ride. So sorry to have missed this, it looks amazing. I love that wallpaper too, thanks for the link.

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    1. I'm sorry you and Jenni weren't there, it was wonderful.

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  13. Must say the place does look like it's got a permanent party atmosphere :)

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