the wedding garden

inside their geodesic dome, where the magic begins

the ecology center!

flower seedling starters

creating lil planting nests for them in between straw

seedling starters happy beginnings

taking a break inside for tea with evan

I've written about The Ecology Center  before. I helped on the flower front with Green Feast here and here. Now my friends Evan Marks (founder, brilliant mind behind The Ecology Center) and Krissy Morrison (remember our natural dye workshop with her?) of Colour Plantae are getting married and having their party at The Ecology Center this October!

The three of us have started a wedding garden to have fresh flowers and herbs to cut and use! How beautiful is that? And fun! Evan got the seedlings started and I commenced planting them in their gardens this week. This is the beginning of a really special gesture, I can feel it. All the while just being there is such a moment of peace, of positivity and of sunshine. If you should want to pay them a visit and volunteer I can guarantee you that you will leave the grounds so lifted and full of life. It's abundant everywhere there. This is such a dream project. I'm all about this kind of awareness and respect, not just for Evan and Krissy but for what they represent, what The Ecology Center represents, and all the people there who put in so much time and heart to educate, to grow, to share, and to make the world a better place. Did I mention they just got their beehive all set up...now go and get some honey and make your life a little sweeter!

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Crab apple garland. 

I was procrastinating the other night and this is what came of it.

all above images taken from le dans la

We are having so much summer heat here in LA! Are you where you live too? How are you stayin cool? Ice cream is still my favorite way. Ice cream and pools. Speaking of cool have you visited Aurélie's site Le Dans La? Always a wonderful treat to stop by and have a peak. 

Happy weekend to you! 

ZUNI Fetish Workshop!

Oh my gosh! Look at what brilliant Lauren is offering us this weekend over at Dream Collective! I'm going to be there and so should you! Can't wait GF!

B E A R   M E D I C I N E   //   M I N E R A L S   //   S U N S H I N E   //   L E M O N A D E

a make your own zuni fetish with me 

at Dream Collective   \\   1404 Micheltorena   \\  Silver Lake

June 22nd

3:00 pm  -  5:00 pm

materials fee: $65

please rsvp to laurenspencerking@gmail.com

limited space

pic by lauren spencer king

Dream jobs come and flow and I have to say, I keep getting asked to create pieces that push me so far out of my orbit that the process itself of creation becomes very much a part of my piece. The requests usually comes from my dear friend/director/visionaire/artist and insanely talented Claire Cottrell. Her visions for her very specific worlds are always so otherworldly yet familiar. Her precise parameters are discussed, examined, explored and finally defined and it is usually during this moment in an otherwise calm meeting that she shakes me up with so much inspiration until I'm ready to explode and then she sets me free and I create. It just flows. I soar. Usually in the last wee moments before a piece is due.

My infinite thanks and gratitude to you Claire Cottrell for always believing in me and asking me for the moon and the stars. It is because of you that these pieces are birthed and seen. xxxx

* I want Lauren, Elijah, Blake and Leo to know how much they too contribute to not only the day-of shoot but to my every day creations. You keep me inspired.

When Lilies Turn into Tigers

written and drawn by walter crane

When lilies, turned to Tigers, 

blaze

Amid the garden's

tangled maze

Exactly what I am feeling right now. 

This transformation, transition, has taken fire and there is no stopping it now.

I'm on board!

Camille Henrot

I am quite enamored with Camille Henrot's elegant work, especially so with her ikebana installation. Flowers and plant materials elevated through the viewers experience. Stunning, stunning work.