Pop into Spruce, a design shop, where you will find pieces sourced by interior designers Selena McAdams and Meg Johnson. These crisp floral photography pieces are printed on handmade paper.
We’ll be visiting The Metal Museum in May to see the current tribute to the late enamel artist Bill Helwig and the new exhibit of metalsmiths, Ana M. Lopez and Natalie Macelliano. You’ll be inspired by the museum to take home this wearable art from the museum shop. We love Julie Cohn’s hand forged bronze pieces, like this tulip and black pearl pendant and floral earrings. We Dream in Colour’s Vervet Monkey earrings and Dogwood studs are assembled by hand in their Salem, MA studio.
This month, its time to start planting summer annuals and perennial flowers. And if you prefer window shopping to window boxes, the experts at Urban Earth can plan and plant for you. For garden design and installation, their designers focus on environmental sustainability and of course, natural beauty.
May Flowers for planting ... celosia, petunias, blue point juniper, gerbera daisy and calibrachoa. Urban Earth is also a great resource to enhance "built" gardens - your porches, patios and rooftop spaces.