If you ever get the chance to be apart of a photo shoot, even as a bystander, do it. They are so much fun. Interesting, in fact. If nothing else, you will get a lesson in light. Moss and Stone Gardens Photographer, Ken Gergle shooting the shoot By the time David Spain’s flower frog collection […]
In June of 2012 Moss and Stone Gardens became the focus of a fantastic television series, Growing a Greener World. Hosted by Joe Lampl’ and broadcast nationally on PBS stations, GGWTV has become known for it’s appealling coverage of a broad range of interesting and topical green subjects. Beautifully filmed in high definition, it is a […]
Our very own, David Spain co-owner of Moss and Stone Gardens – Where Moss Rocks is featured in the most recent issue — early spring — of Country Gardens magazine. We featured the photo shoot back in May; today, the story is nestled among many other truly unique and wonderful stories in one […]
The pairing of moss and maples melds together like moss on moist. This antique Japanese teak rice mortar, inspired David Spain to go with the placement of a Japanese maple, nestled deep in the mortar base. As David explains, When I found this 100+ year old teak mortar, I knew it was going to make […]
Emerald green, rolling mounds, stillness enticing, and barefoot begging, mosses are finally getting the recognition they deserve. Primitive plants, evolving 450 million years ago — 70 million years before ferns and tens of millions more years before the first dinosaur, mosses are finally getting their due. There has been a marked trend towards moss within […]
Cheeky, catchy, charming, cute, Moss and Stone Gardens’ Mexican earthenware moss caches are a gardener’s new best friend. At first they seem like just another adorable way to befriend moss, but you soon realize, they are so much more. “These small containers were fun to put together, the rough handmade quality was just […]
Welcome to my home away from home. Come, leave your cares at the steps; go west then north. Tiny your size and imagine how clever I can be with moss as my muse. Imagine, how savvy you will be, once mellowed by moss. After our minds have synced, we can roll down the hill for […]
When glass gathers moss , the glory is intensified. By night, glass glistens from the light of a firefly or the stars shining from above. Inside, glass glistens, too, as a reflection from candle light’s soft glow. By day, glass becomes a vessel, flattering all that resides, elevating the status of the moss garden below. […]
As if butter and nutmeg were blended on stone, molded, then spread with lush, emerald green moss, this dish is worthy of a nosh. David Spain’s Mellow Yellow dish came about by the proverbial, cart before the horse, philosophy. Typically, David will let a piece of pottery move him to create moss landscapes as […]
Time twisted, rounded, knotty growth, creates the base of this root burl, moss and fern planter. Crevices and craters cover this found relic of an old oak tree,