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Our Favorite Blogger Delphine @ Paradis Express
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’m French. I’m an art director and I live with a French garden designer and photographer named Lucien. I have an 18-year-old son, 2 cats, and a 35-yearold parrot named Raton. She is a female and she hates women. My German grandfather was mad about greenery but at home, plants were forbidden by his wife because of the dirt so he had a secret garden far away from his home. He often had germinated seeds in his pockets. My family had a huge house, full tropical plants which was like a jungle for me when I was a kid. In the living room, my father
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had 12 parrots, flying free between the Alocasias. I live in a very old house, a ruin, but with a gorgeous garden. Our neighbours would like us to finish restoring the house before creating the garden. But we don’t. We prefer to invest our money in greenery. I collect garden designers! Some people want to be photographed with Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt. I don’t. I would do extravagant things for a photo with Topher Delaney or Piet Oudolf and I’m most proud of a picture with Patrick Blanc (with green hair), creator of the first vertical gardens. Garden design advice?
We must all continue to stay mobilized for the planet and its future. Promote the practices of environmentally friendly gardening in NYC, in Paris, in Mexico, or in Moscow, everywhere in the world. “Un jardin beau, oui, mais un jardin bio” is a French expression that could be compared to “organic is orgasmic.”
Mary Oros is a San Francisco Bay Area sculptor who makes contemporary concrete planters in addition to sculptures. Her “bump planter” is shown plumbed as a fountain, although it could just as easily be planted. All of Oros’s containers are signed and handmade from a proprietary eco-friendly concrete mix that is both lightweight and weather-resistant. They are finished with a colorfast treatment and sealed for outdoor enjoyment.