Jardim Botânico Bosque Rodrigues Alves

Via here (Read more here)

Line, Form, Function

Via here

Transparent

Via here

By the Rivers of Babylonstoren...

If I had my druthers, I would probably spend every day at Babylonstoren. Lunch at the Greenhouse is beyond a treat, as every morsel is either hand-picked or freshly squeezed from the garden. Not to mention, delectable cheeses from the fromagerie and meats from the charcuterie. So, when my sister-in-law and daughter came to the Cape from Down Under, we made a bee-line for the Winelands...

See previous postings on the subject here

Feuilles

Via Belgian Pearls and Marie Claire Maison

Gothic

Alton Towers in England...

Photographed by Matthew Wells via here

El Palacio de Cristal del Retiro

A bit of heavenliness in Madrid, Spain...

Via here and here

Location, location

What a setting...

Via here

Glass and Greenery...

Two of my most favorite combinations...

All via Greige (and here)

Buried...

Up to my eyeballs in a box-and-wrapping-paper tsunami (forgive the weird metaphors). Wish I was curled up in a corner of the conservatory below, with a thick book instead!

Sunroom by Axel Vervoordt via here

Glass House II

Love the glass cloches too...

Via here

Glass House

What an apartment this would make...

Photo via here

Babylonstoren, South Africa (Encore)

Ever-evolving, this marvelous escape-from-reality in the Cape has added more sensory and culinary experiences and even managed to eclipse its previous perfection....

Greenhouse/conservatory that doubles as a teahouse

The Wine Tasting Space

Cheese Shop

Charcuterie Shop

Via Yatzer

Ven House

The conservatory in Jasper Conran’s country estate, Ven House in Milborne Port, Somerset - as featured in The World of Interiors. Sigh...

Via here

5 Beekman

Apparently, the collective hearts of those in-the-know broke a little bit when hotelier Andre Balazs' deal to purchase decayed urban treasure 5 Beekman Street (just a block from City Hall) fell through early this year. But all are a twitter that a new joint venture partnership has purchased the building at a whopper of a price, and one of the partners is the owner of the Ace Hotel. Looks like all the finger crossing paid off...

 All photographs via here and ScoutingNY

Verdant

Via here

Our House at the end of our Street (VIII)

What do you get when you combine a terrarium and a kitchen? Sheer bliss. This is our favorite room in the house: our kitchen. Yet, when we bought our home in 2005, it was not fit for consumption. Fast-forward two years - floor-to-ceiling windows were installed to replace floor-to-ceiling vinyl (the latter being responsible for instant indigestion). And not a minute too soon. Today, this is where we eat, cook and do homework, plus discuss the day's trials and tribulations while enjoying a slightly voyeuristic view of the urban promenade...

And two gratuitous views into the dining-room, as the light was perfect....