IT'S THE SILLY SEASON!

So we at Verdant Design are going to be a little silly too by giving away this fabulous Mod Green Pod Organic cotton cushion cover.  What's the catch? you cry: Well yes sorry there is one: Pop over to the Verdant Design Facebook page and click on like. You will then go into the draw to win!  The cushion fits a standard feather pillow and is also available to order if you need more than one! And because it really is the silly season and everyone is busy we will run this until the end of January 2012 or until we get 50 likes whichever comes first!  Good luck! 

 

GUY FAWKES   5^TH   NOVEMBER  

For a prime spot to see the Council Fireworks display this Saturday make your way up to Roseneath School and enjoy the Roseneath Gala while you wait from 6pm. They will have fair rides and games to entertain the young ones, hot food and coffee and market stalls for some retail therapy there will be Earth 174 who sell natural skin care products, Cure Kids with their Tee shirts to raise money for childhood cancer, a licorice stall, Shott syrups, and of course Verdant Design will be there with our Eco, Sustainable and Organic products.  

6pm until 10pm

Roseneath School 13 Maida Vale Road, Roseneath. 

 Hope to see you there.

FRANK KITTS UNDERGROUND MARKET

Verdant Design together with Eco Fabric will be back at the markets again this weekend (8th and 9th October) with some new and replenished stocks of cool cushions.  Including this fantastic Wee Jubilee cushion adeptly named by its American creators. 

  

Did you know Verdant Design pre-washes all its plant based fabrics like Cotton, Linen & Hemp to make into its cushions.  This way you can avoid any Dry-cleaning which uses harmful chemicals.  There is nothing wrong with good old eco soap and water. Normally natural fibre cushions are not pre-shrunk, which means if you do happen to wet wash them you run the risk of a shrunken deformed cushion, and of course you don't want that.   Here at Verdant it is all about choosing things that have the least harm to the environment. If it means our hands get wet washing some fabric so you get cushions that you can look after (not the dry-cleaner) then so be it.  Builds the muscles anyway.  

www.undergroundmarket.co.nz

Where: The very-much-transformed-on-the-weekends carpark under Frank Kitts Park

When: Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th October 10am until 4pm

See you there. 

WELLINGTON UNDERGROUND MARKETS

If you are in Wellington this weekend, (27th and 28th August) pop down to see Verdant Design's eco goodies at the markets.  Situated in the Frank Kitts Park underground carpark, it is a weekly market packed full of craftspeople, designers, fashion, vintage, and jewellery.

For more information about the weekly market check out www.undergroundmarket.co.nz

Verdant will have a selection of NZ designed and made feather filled cushions, NZ ceramic lamps, eco draught and door stops, Eco fabric's eco buttons & cards, printed fabric lampshades, NZ wool rugs made to order and Cavalier Bremworth NZ sustainawool carpet, and organic  & sustainable fabrics. 

10 am until 4pm both Saturday and Sunday.

Zshush your home with Eco Goodies

Blog: posted: 28th June 2011 by Zhush Green

Zhush your home with Eco Goodies

A series of ideas where we explore ideas to put personaility and zhush into your space using fabulous green products  


zhsush/ Je+oosh /. e.e. 1. To primp up and make striking. Colloq. (akin to spruce up). 
green/grin, adv. as in sustainable sympathetic with moves to conserve the environment

IDEA  1  PICKING COLOURS--                O  O  O  O  O 

Borrow the colours and combinations from        

your wardrobe favourites.   

Our favourite clothes are usually the ones, that flatter us.  Remember the playtime trick of putting a buttercup under your chin to see if you like butter, and the way that buttercup reflected up onto your chin.  This colour casting upon your skin can be flattering or unflattering.

Our skin colour tends to either be a warm tone or a cool one.  Matching warm coloured clothing with warm skin tones or cool with cool is flattering.  For example a red that is almost orange will look good on someone with warm skintones, and a red that is heading to purple will look good on cool skin tones.

There are some colours that are universally flattering to all skin colours, because they are neither very warm or very cold.  Colours such as aubergine and true red, peach pink and teal  The colours of your favourite clothing may also have been chosen because they have some kind of resonance with you, evoking a particular mood perhaps.  

So if you feel good wearing these your home can also give a similar effect.You can also get ideas from the combinations of colours, and also sometimes the proportion of each colour the designer has already tested out for you.

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ECO goodies:

CUSHIONS

Left: Bee Girl front 

Right: Pollinator Collage

 

Bee Girl  $68

SEWN: by eco fabric, wellington, new zealand

FABRIC front: Bee girl large purple, back: bee girl small purple.

Digitally printed on organic cotton sateen: america

ZIP: constructed: new zealand

INNER: Fairydown non organic cotton free range duck feathers: china

SIZE 45 x 45 cm  

Pollinator Collage  $78 with feather inner.  

SEWN: by eco fabric, wellington, new zealand

FABRIC front: Pollinator Collage digitally printed on organic cotton interlock: america.

back: woven cream base. 

Trim:natural undyed jute ric rak.  

ZIP: constructed: new zealand

INNER: Fairydown non organic cotton free range duck feathers: china 

SIZE 45 x 45 cm   

WALL COLOUR: O

Try Bio Paints First Pressing or Grapes in Central  for a natural plant based breathable paint.

BLANKET:

NZ Merino and Quilted Silk Blanket

$220

BEDDING:

Unbleached Organic Cotton Sheeting.  $60 flat sheet.

(*low stock of this other sources pending) Alternative, White organic cotton, pillowcases $40pr)

styling by                                                photography and wording                      
Verdant Design             Eco Fabric             Vida Textiles

Living ecologically is the best legacy we can give the generations that come after us.  Make our world and your home safe with eco friendly choices.  

Curtain Insulation

Posted 14th May 2011

B L O G:

C U R T A I N  I N S U L A T I O N

If you are one of the many in New Zealand who do not have double glazed windows in your home, like myself.  A decent curtain lining is the best and cheaper alternative to replacing your windows.  12% of heat is lost through single glazed windows, while 24% is lost through walls and 42% through the roof.  (Home NZ, apr/may 2011) In practical terms after insulating a roof, nice thick curtains are the next best thing to insulate. I am sure most of you would agree that pulling off your plaster board or even sarking in an old villa like my own is quite disruptive and not to mention expensive, if you aren't planning on doing any major renovations anytime soon.  

However, the main curtain lining that is normally offered is a 'thermal' lining.   These conventional linings and the coatings on your typical ready-mades are unhealthy for you and your home.  They are made by coating fabric with a paint-like acrylic, which omits harmful VOCs especially when the sun hits it.  Just smell the chemicals coming off a new roll of the stuff or even when you open a pack of ready-mades and you will see what I mean.  Thermals, also do not 'breath' and you get that typical growth of mould and mildew on the back of your curtains, creating another health hazard in your home.   A much healthier alternative to 'Thermal or Blackout lining' is a woven blackout lining and/or the use of bumf.  Currently there are a few woven blackouts on the NZ market, but only one is Oeko-Tex certified meaning the manufacturer has an environmental management programme.  Another bonus with this is you can wash it in water, so no dry-cleaning bill and no chemicals.  (Although please take into account the wash-a-bility of your main curtain, which if a natural fibre will most likely shrink in the length)

Yes woven blackout lining costs more than 'thermal', but is thicker and in my personal experience warmer and therefore better for your family's health in the long term.

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