Wonder Plants 2

Even more wonderful green in your home seems to be a permanent trend in interior design. After Wonderplants, the latest Wonderplants 2 brings together twenty new top interiors from around the globe, each and every one an urban jungle that makes you dream of having your

YOUR URBAN JUNGLE INTERIOR

own green oasis in your home. The authors explain the latest trends and give you useful tips & tricks for plants that will stay beautiful forever. It includes a practical index that lists all the specific characteristics per depicted plant.

Irene Schampaert is a graphic designer, author and has been blogging for several years (under the name Puur Confituur) about design in the broadest sense of the word, colours and patterns, decoration and design, typography and photography. Judith Baehner is an author, blogger, freelance editor, and stylist for everything that makes life a little bit greener. Her previous books include Het Plantenlab and Groen in glas. They co-authored the internationally acclaimed book Wonderplants.

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FOREWORD You can find a good spot for plants in every interior. Some living greenery in our home is something we can no longer do without. And that makes sense, because plants are good for you. They make us happy by providing us with a piece of nature, and they literally make us healthier because plants purify our air. Plants are becoming ever more visible in magazines, in interior design books, in architecture and at leading trade fairs. They’ve even grown to be essential elements in virtually every contemporary interior. Not just a couple of small plants, but big plants, real statements, and entire collections of unusual plants.

In this follow-up to the book Wonderplants, you can find further inspiration for creating remarkable combinations of interiors and plants. We have consciously chosen interiors, including some that are rather outré, in which material, texture, colour, size, imperfection and sunlight each make their own mark and achieve an equilibrium as a result. In Wonderplants 2 we want to prompt you to follow your intuition in your style with plants that you find beautiful. Be blown away by the plant wall designed by botanist Patrick Blanc in his home in Paris. Experience the irrepressible passion for plants felt by Hilton Carter, who found his dream loft in a former cotton factory in Melbourne. Moreover, be inspired by the Brazilian vibes in Avare, Maringa, but also in Antwerp and Madrid.

The book provides you with lots of information about the best plants to choose, how to care for your plants and what plants can do for you and your environment. But above all, it makes you dream.

We’re delighted to share our passion for fantastic interiors and plants. Each with its own story, and each in its own way.

IRENE SCHAMPAERT AND JUDITH BAEHNER

FOREWORD You can find a good spot for plants in every interior. Some living greenery in our home is something we can no longer do without. And that makes sense, because plants are good for you. They make us happy by providing us with a piece of nature, and they literally make us healthier because plants purify our air. Plants are becoming ever more visible in magazines, in interior design books, in architecture and at leading trade fairs. They’ve even grown to be essential elements in virtually every contemporary interior. Not just a couple of small plants, but big plants, real statements, and entire collections of unusual plants.

In this follow-up to the book Wonderplants, you can find further inspiration for creating remarkable combinations of interiors and plants. We have consciously chosen interiors, including some that are rather outré, in which material, texture, colour, size, imperfection and sunlight each make their own mark and achieve an equilibrium as a result. In Wonderplants 2 we want to prompt you to follow your intuition in your style with plants that you find beautiful. Be blown away by the plant wall designed by botanist Patrick Blanc in his home in Paris. Experience the irrepressible passion for plants felt by Hilton Carter, who found his dream loft in a former cotton factory in Melbourne. Moreover, be inspired by the Brazilian vibes in Avare, Maringa, but also in Antwerp and Madrid.

The book provides you with lots of information about the best plants to choose, how to care for your plants and what plants can do for you and your environment. But above all, it makes you dream.

We’re delighted to share our passion for fantastic interiors and plants. Each with its own story, and each in its own way.

IRENE SCHAMPAERT AND JUDITH BAEHNER

CONTENT

008

GREEN, GREY & GLAMOUROUS

110

INSIDE OUT

020

JUNGLE OF LOVE

120

ARTISTIC BOHEMIAN

030

WABI-SABI

128

PASTEL PERFECT

042

BOLD & BRIGHT

140

BRIGHT AS NATURE

052

RAIN FOREST

150

ATELIER ARTISTIQUE

064

ASIAN DREAM

158

SUN STUDIO

074

IN HARMONY

168

PRÊT-À-PORTER

082

FRENCH GRANDEUR

176

LOFT CINEMATIC

092

GREEN DIY DREAM

184

DEPOT BOTANIQUE

100

INDOOR PATIO

194

MICRO AMAZONICA

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ANTWERP I BE

BALTIMORE I US

STOCKHOLM I SE

BALTIMORE I AU

SÃO PAULO I BR

CHAU DOC I VN

ROTTERDAM I NL

PARIS I FR

MELBOURNE I AU

AVARE I BR

AMSTERDAM I NL

BARCELONA I ES

LA I US

ZAPOPAN I MX

MADRID I ES

ANTWERP I BE

202

215

216

238

253

254

PLANTS AND THEIR CARE

THE PLANT DOCTOR

PLANTS IN EACH INTERIOR

PRACTICAL PLANT INDEX

LIST OF PLANTS

GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS

PHILADELPHIA I US

MADRID I ES

ANTWERP I BE

MARINGA I BR

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CONTENT

008

GREEN, GREY & GLAMOUROUS

110

INSIDE OUT

020

JUNGLE OF LOVE

120

ARTISTIC BOHEMIAN

030

WABI-SABI

128

PASTEL PERFECT

042

BOLD & BRIGHT

140

BRIGHT AS NATURE

052

RAIN FOREST

150

ATELIER ARTISTIQUE

064

ASIAN DREAM

158

SUN STUDIO

074

IN HARMONY

168

PRÊT-À-PORTER

082

FRENCH GRANDEUR

176

LOFT CINEMATIC

092

GREEN DIY DREAM

184

DEPOT BOTANIQUE

100

INDOOR PATIO

194

MICRO AMAZONICA

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ANTWERP I BE

BALTIMORE I US

STOCKHOLM I SE

BALTIMORE I AU

SÃO PAULO I BR

CHAU DOC I VN

ROTTERDAM I NL

PARIS I FR

MELBOURNE I AU

AVARE I BR

AMSTERDAM I NL

BARCELONA I ES

LA I US

ZAPOPAN I MX

MADRID I ES

ANTWERP I BE

202

215

216

238

253

254

PLANTS AND THEIR CARE

THE PLANT DOCTOR

PLANTS IN EACH INTERIOR

PRACTICAL PLANT INDEX

LIST OF PLANTS

GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS

PHILADELPHIA I US

MADRID I ES

ANTWERP I BE

MARINGA I BR

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GREEN, GREY & GLAMOROUS ANTWERP BE

Right in the heart of the Antwerp Diamond Quarter is the home of an architect with a green thumb. His spacious triplex house was renovated extensively by Dirk Engelen, who respected what was already there. The lusciously thriving greenery softens the atmosphere of the prevalently present concrete. A paragon of urban glamour.

T

he Jerusalem of the North is what

says, “completely built in concrete, with a

people sometimes call the district

boxy, unimaginative structure and a bal-

at the edge of Antwerp’s City Park.

cony on each floor.” The plan? To create his

The strong presence of the Ortho-

own world behind that grey wall, to infuse

dox Jewish community, together

it with a completely new, vibrant feel while

with the local diamond traders, gives this

utilising and emphasising the original qual-

district an idiosyncratic and pleasant am-

ities of the building. Objective achieved: the

biance. “It is a fascinating environment,” ac-

core of the building was opened up, its spa-

cording to Dirk Engelen, founder and prac-

ciousness restored.

ticing architect at B-architecten. “There is a

“The house had been renovated at an

wonderful mix of cultures here, with schools

earlier stage, some time in the 1980s,” Dirk

next to synagogues in the same street, and I

relates, “including suspended ceilings. The

experience a kind of friendly aloofness here

building became congested. But behind

which I greatly appreciate. This is a very

that renovation, we discovered the beautiful

pleasant place to live.”

original concrete ceiling, which we restored

In a street lined with rows of plane trees,

to its previous glory; that eventually defined

Dirk bought a building from the 1970s over

the essence of the current dwelling. We have

nine years ago, and he currently lives on the

extended its former grandeur, but in a con-

top three floors. “It was originally an office

temporary way. With big open spaces and

building of the Health Insurance Fund,” Dirk

new stairs within the home.”

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GREEN, GREY & GLAMOROUS ANTWERP BE

Right in the heart of the Antwerp Diamond Quarter is the home of an architect with a green thumb. His spacious triplex house was renovated extensively by Dirk Engelen, who respected what was already there. The lusciously thriving greenery softens the atmosphere of the prevalently present concrete. A paragon of urban glamour.

T

he Jerusalem of the North is what

says, “completely built in concrete, with a

people sometimes call the district

boxy, unimaginative structure and a bal-

at the edge of Antwerp’s City Park.

cony on each floor.” The plan? To create his

The strong presence of the Ortho-

own world behind that grey wall, to infuse

dox Jewish community, together

it with a completely new, vibrant feel while

with the local diamond traders, gives this

utilising and emphasising the original qual-

district an idiosyncratic and pleasant am-

ities of the building. Objective achieved: the

biance. “It is a fascinating environment,” ac-

core of the building was opened up, its spa-

cording to Dirk Engelen, founder and prac-

ciousness restored.

ticing architect at B-architecten. “There is a

“The house had been renovated at an

wonderful mix of cultures here, with schools

earlier stage, some time in the 1980s,” Dirk

next to synagogues in the same street, and I

relates, “including suspended ceilings. The

experience a kind of friendly aloofness here

building became congested. But behind

which I greatly appreciate. This is a very

that renovation, we discovered the beautiful

pleasant place to live.”

original concrete ceiling, which we restored

In a street lined with rows of plane trees,

to its previous glory; that eventually defined

Dirk bought a building from the 1970s over

the essence of the current dwelling. We have

nine years ago, and he currently lives on the

extended its former grandeur, but in a con-

top three floors. “It was originally an office

temporary way. With big open spaces and

building of the Health Insurance Fund,” Dirk

new stairs within the home.”

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS FR

Around the corner from Parc Montsouris, in the artistic Quartier XIV in Paris, Jean-Marc Dimanche had the house of his dreams built for him. The modernist residence, inspired by the works of Le Corbusier, as with many others in this district, includes an impressive, verticalcourtyard garden. It is the crowning glory of the interior, situated amongst a sophisticated, idiosyncratic mix of vintage and design.

T

he last thing Jean-Marc had even

of the preparatory thought process, it had

dared to consider during his quest

been the intention to utilise the building as

for a residence in the city was to

completely as possible. That meant that we

have one built for himself, but that

would not create a garden, but instead equip

was exactly what happened. He has

each floor with patios in order to get maxi-

been living there with his wife and three chil-

mum enjoyment from the outdoor areas.”

dren for about thirteen years now. The house

When the family moved from the country-

is also the core of all his professional activities

side to Paris, Jean-Marc dreamt of a verti-

(Jean-Marc is an art director), with an agency

cal courtyard garden. The desire to remain

on the ground floor and an exhibition space

surrounded by nature was strong. “Bringing

where artists can display their art privately

green into my environment was the only way

and with ease.

for me to give nature its place in the city,”

Designed by the French firm XY Architec-

Jean-Marc says. “It would be a waste to ban-

ture, the residence was erected on a vacant lot

ish it from the buildings. I love the dialogue

between two buildings, and consists of seven

between the patios and the salon, extended,

storeys. Jean-Marc: “From the very beginning

continuous nature.”

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS FR

Around the corner from Parc Montsouris, in the artistic Quartier XIV in Paris, Jean-Marc Dimanche had the house of his dreams built for him. The modernist residence, inspired by the works of Le Corbusier, as with many others in this district, includes an impressive, verticalcourtyard garden. It is the crowning glory of the interior, situated amongst a sophisticated, idiosyncratic mix of vintage and design.

T

he last thing Jean-Marc had even

of the preparatory thought process, it had

dared to consider during his quest

been the intention to utilise the building as

for a residence in the city was to

completely as possible. That meant that we

have one built for himself, but that

would not create a garden, but instead equip

was exactly what happened. He has

each floor with patios in order to get maxi-

been living there with his wife and three chil-

mum enjoyment from the outdoor areas.”

dren for about thirteen years now. The house

When the family moved from the country-

is also the core of all his professional activities

side to Paris, Jean-Marc dreamt of a verti-

(Jean-Marc is an art director), with an agency

cal courtyard garden. The desire to remain

on the ground floor and an exhibition space

surrounded by nature was strong. “Bringing

where artists can display their art privately

green into my environment was the only way

and with ease.

for me to give nature its place in the city,”

Designed by the French firm XY Architec-

Jean-Marc says. “It would be a waste to ban-

ture, the residence was erected on a vacant lot

ish it from the buildings. I love the dialogue

between two buildings, and consists of seven

between the patios and the salon, extended,

storeys. Jean-Marc: “From the very beginning

continuous nature.”

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS I FR

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Botanist and friend of the family Patrick

ing world for twenty years now. For instance,

Blanc, who is famous for his vertical gar-

I helped organise the Plant Days in Courson

dens and being specialised in exotic plants,

from 1996 to 2016. It was there that I met and

designed the wall of plants. “The wall in my

befriended many landscape architects and

house more closely resembles a jungle than a

gardeners, amongst others Patrick Blanc. Be-

highly structured mosaic carpet,” Jean-Marc

sides being one of my passions, it has also be-

continues. “Over the years, the plants have tak-

come an important part of my life.”

en over the initiative and some versions have

Jean-Marc was likewise as passionate

‘devoured’ others. The current situation has

about decorating the interior of his home. “It

strayed strongly from the plant chart Patrick

is safe to say that my interior is somewhat of

had envisioned: it is almost as if nature prac-

a cabinet of curiosities; a mixture of designer

ticed free expression here.”

items, old furniture and objects. I always trust

And, that is a fortunate coincidence, as

my feeling. I first need to fall in love with a

this plant lover prefers the organic and spon-

piece before I place it in my house,” Jean-Marc

taneous, and therefore also wild gardens.

confesses. “Each object tells its own story and

“Let us say that I am more inclined to the

is associated with some kind of encounter.

lusciousness of English gardens than the sym-

Bringing all those different elements together

metry and patterns of the French gardens,”

and having them engage in dialogue: that is

Jean-Marc concludes.

what intrigues me.”

He takes us back to his childhood days to

His biggest source of inspiration? Art and

illustrate his passion for nature. “I believe I

design guru Axel Vervoordt. “Because of his

was six or seven years old when I started gar-

talent to reunite pieces of different origins

dening. My mother’s enthusiasm for gardens

and different periods, always respecting au-

was contagious, to say the least,” Jean-Marc

thenticity,” Jean-Marc concludes. “Something

reminisces. “I have been active in the garden-

that I continuously pursue myself as well.”

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS I FR

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Botanist and friend of the family Patrick

ing world for twenty years now. For instance,

Blanc, who is famous for his vertical gar-

I helped organise the Plant Days in Courson

dens and being specialised in exotic plants,

from 1996 to 2016. It was there that I met and

designed the wall of plants. “The wall in my

befriended many landscape architects and

house more closely resembles a jungle than a

gardeners, amongst others Patrick Blanc. Be-

highly structured mosaic carpet,” Jean-Marc

sides being one of my passions, it has also be-

continues. “Over the years, the plants have tak-

come an important part of my life.”

en over the initiative and some versions have

Jean-Marc was likewise as passionate

‘devoured’ others. The current situation has

about decorating the interior of his home. “It

strayed strongly from the plant chart Patrick

is safe to say that my interior is somewhat of

had envisioned: it is almost as if nature prac-

a cabinet of curiosities; a mixture of designer

ticed free expression here.”

items, old furniture and objects. I always trust

And, that is a fortunate coincidence, as

my feeling. I first need to fall in love with a

this plant lover prefers the organic and spon-

piece before I place it in my house,” Jean-Marc

taneous, and therefore also wild gardens.

confesses. “Each object tells its own story and

“Let us say that I am more inclined to the

is associated with some kind of encounter.

lusciousness of English gardens than the sym-

Bringing all those different elements together

metry and patterns of the French gardens,”

and having them engage in dialogue: that is

Jean-Marc concludes.

what intrigues me.”

He takes us back to his childhood days to

His biggest source of inspiration? Art and

illustrate his passion for nature. “I believe I

design guru Axel Vervoordt. “Because of his

was six or seven years old when I started gar-

talent to reunite pieces of different origins

dening. My mother’s enthusiasm for gardens

and different periods, always respecting au-

was contagious, to say the least,” Jean-Marc

thenticity,” Jean-Marc concludes. “Something

reminisces. “I have been active in the garden-

that I continuously pursue myself as well.”

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS I FR

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS I FR

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS I FR

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FRENCH GRANDEUR PARIS I FR

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