Come visit us at the SF Flower & Garden Show!
As you guys know, we like to jump in with both feet. So heck — why not do two SmallSpace Exhibits and a Product booth at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show!?
Yes, we might be a little bit crazy, but luckily we have some awesome partners — CompoClay and Lila B. Design — helping us out. We hope you guys can join us at the show (going on Mar. 21-25)! You can pick up discount ticket here ($15.50, reg $20).
SmallSpaces Sneek Peek:
The Contemporary Chic garden uses strong shapes, and contrasting materials and textures to emphasize the design. We also use multiples of the same plant to create a mass effect. Overall, the contemporary garden is all about creating strong geometry and distinctive forms. With contemporary design, less is more…
The really cool Living Wall Planter you see in the back is a brand new product from CompoClay – made using only green materials (mostly sand, minerals and water). They’ll also be doing a giveaway for one of their garden accents at our Contemporary SmallSpace. So make sure to stop by!
The Cottage Cozy garden is the exact opposite of the contemporary garden. There’s zero symmetry, and crowded flowers seem to take over the whole place. But it’s meant to look unplanned and untended… that’s the cottage way!
This garden has an informal design, uses lots of plants close together and includes traditional materials like stone. With cottage gardens, more is…well…more.
- Pretty terrarium by Sophie de Lignerolles at Lila B.
Each SmallSpace Garden will be accompanied by…
A gorgeous terrarium (one in the contemporary style, one cottage style) designed by Lila B. Design, a floral and garden design company based in San Francisco. You’ll also be able to pick up some nifty “How to Design Your Own Terrarium” pamphlets, too — so you can make your own!
The who, what, where, etc:
- Who: Habitat Design, CompoClay and Lila B. at the SF Flower & Garden Show
- What: The SF Flower & Garden Show. Visit their website.
- Where: The San Mateo Event Center. Our Product booth (selling goods we have in our online store) is Booth #656. Our SmallSpace Displays will be in the Expo Hall (there aren’t specific booth numbers for these).
- When: Wed., Mar 21 – Sun., Mar 25. Doors are open from 10am – 7pm Wed thru Sat, and 10am – 6pm on Sun.
- How: Buy discount tickets here!
About our Partners:
CompoClay is a cutting-edge, green material that has the ability to emulate everything from wood and metal to stone and ceramic without sacrificing safety and durability. CompoClay — a raw material mainly made up of minerals, water and sand – is an alternative to the common hazardous materials, such as resin and polyurethane foam. CompoClay offers stylish, eco-friendly home accents, garden decor and architectural elements.
Lila B. Design makes beautiful statements with living things in a sustainable way. They’re a floral and garden design company based in San Francisco, with a focus on floral design for weddings & events, still life & studio photography, and interiors & gardens. They’re a certified San Francisco Green Business, which means they conserve resources and work with sustainably harvested materials (many of which are locally sourced and grown).
Terra Trellis makes colorful, contemporary steel garden trellises, tuteurs and arbors. Their products are hand-crafted in the U.S. from steel and finished in brilliant water-resistant powdercoat colors or a natural oxide patina. Everything they make is created by artists with a passion for design and a love of nature. TerraTrellis is functional art for the modern garden.
Lyngso Garden Materials has been providing Bay Area homeowners and contractors with a wonderful variety of landscape products for over 60 years. They focus on personalized service to make sure you leave with exactly the right materials.
Summer Winds Nursery is supplying most of our plants for the garden displays! Summer Winds is a California-based nursery that offers plants that are guaranteed to grow and thrive. They also offer home delivery of plant and garden accessories, and garden installation between San Jose and Palo Alto.
The Village Gardener, Inc. is dedicated to the health and beauty of your garden. Founded in 1979, The Village Gardener has expanded to be one of the few providers of high-quality landscape installation and maintenance services using integrated pest management and sustainable landscaping practices.
FX Luminaire makes innovative and resource-efficient landscape lights, such as the LED-based Lumineux lights. All of their products are produced in Southern California, where they comply with the world’s toughest environmental, labor and work place safety regulations. Unlike plastic / metal kit lighting, the FX system is comprised of architectural grade components engineered to be specified and installed by professionals.
Sierra Lumber & Fence will be building the fences surrounding our two SmallSpace gardens! Sierra Lumber & Fence was established in 1970 and is located in San Jose. They serve the greater Bay Area as the primary Redwood supplier to the public and contractors for 40 years. They offer quality contract installation of wood fences, split rail fence, decks, and more.
About us!
Habitat Design believes that beautiful gardens should be accessible and affordable for everyone. Habitat Design lets you design your own garden online, and receive custom garden plans within 5 days — all while receiving tips from a professional landscape designer along the way. You can even shop for unique garden and home accents in our online shop. With garden plans starting at just $199, we’re affordable, quick and easy!
See you there!
Habitat’s First Garden Bloggers Get-Together: Rehash
As you might know, there are a ton of garden and landscape folk online — blogging, tweeting, pinning — you name it! Lots of us “know” each other strictly in the cyber world, but not in the real world.
From left to right: Dawn of Rebel Garden, Michelle of From Seed to Table, Claire of An Alameda Garden, Deborah of SeedByte, Jessy of the Habitat Design blog, Alya of Berkeley Gardens and Susan Morrison of Blue Planet Garden Blog.
Well, we decided to change that. Last week in Palo Alto, we hosted a little Bay Area Garden Bloggers meetup.
Many invitees were struck with that mysterious bug that’s been going around, but luckily a few still turned up to mingle. Here are some photos from the evening:
Chatting. We had a table upstairs at Reposado in Palo Alto, but note to self: it gets pretty loud up there during happy hour!
What good listeners! From left to right: Jenn of Dirty Girl Gardening, Michelle and Claire.
New BFFs! Habitat co-founder Bonnie, and Dawn.
Smile! The end of a great evening.
We had so much fun — and enjoyed meeting everyone so much — that we’re going to try to host more garden-related events around the Bay Area. If you’d like get involved in helping us throw an event in your area, email Sarah@HabitatDesign.com (not pictured because I was the one taking the photos!)
‘Til next time…
Also, read Susan’s (of Blue Planet Garden blog) post about the blogger get-together here.
Happy Cyber Monday!
Did you miss out on Black Friday? Not to fear – that’s why they invented Cyber Monday! We’re having a huge SALE in our online store. Deals include:
- Up to 60% off select home & garden decor
- More than $200 off select outdoor furniture!
- 25% off all garden decor
- 25% off all jewelry
- Free shipping on all orders over $50
- $10 off all home decor accents and holiday decor
So, what are you waiting for? Take advantage of our sale before it’s over!
Shop now.
Join us for our Launch Party & Sale!
Do you live on the Bay Area Peninsula? If so, we’d love for you to join us in celebrating the launch celebrating our new website and online store.
We’ll be showcasing our newest home and garden decor items (up to 60% off!) and enjoying some tasty holiday drinks and snacks. It’s all happening Wed., November 30th from 10am – 5pm.
Click here for all the details.
Or, click here to browse the online store (all items in our store will be buy-able at the sale!)
Hope to see you there,
Jessy & Bonnie, Founders
