Gardeners are not particularly popular in general. You might think they’re sitting down well with linen button-downs and worn jeans and Blundstone boot uniforms, but these outfits, as fashion editors say, are “day to night” Can I go? We go out on our hands and feet and say no.
If anyone can change the unfortunate state of Gardenwear, it’s Rozae Nichols, a clothing designer with a leading fashion chop (her vegan label, Clover Canyon, once included Beyoncé, Natalie Portman and Michelle Obama It captivated a celebrity fanbase). LA native Rozae launched Flora Animalia six years ago, filling the yawning gap between workwear and fashion. Her design prioritizes comfort and durability, but does not sacrifice a chic silhouette. This means you can wear her work on weeding mornings or gallery hopping afternoons. And she uses only Clean Crap Belgian linen and GOTS certified organic cotton. (Plant and animal lover Rosa donates a portion of his income to the mercy of his nonprofit alliance for animals and farm sanctuaries.)
Interestingly, it was not the clothing that initially attracted us to Flora Animaire, but the rosae in the garden planted in the courtyard of the first place (if you think about it, it’s very branded for us. there was). “After years of feeling tired and saddened by the rise in our broken food system, I wanted to create an edible garden,” she says. “The garden was the path to my ever-growing passion that we all continued to learn about ways to improve this system, counteract the impacts of modern agriculture, and help maintain a healthy ecosystem.”
Flora Animalia moved properly to Gardner Street in West Hollywood. Rosae misses her old courtyard garden, but she is ready to put her roots again. We can’t wait to see it.
Photo courtesy of Rosa Nichols.
Your First Garden Memories:
As children, we lived in various batwing style apartments surrounded by concrete and asphalt. (I remember marveling) A modest garden plant and insect of my neighbor’s monotonous waxy shrub, hibiscus and geranium. There I often went back to the furry black caterpillars raw among the red geraniums, where I am often engrossed in the intoxicating scent of their vague, scented leaves. To this day, besides Japanese wool leaves, my favorite herbal scent remains the geranium. I grow it as a companion plant. It is one of the natural antibacterial species, so it always closes to fruits and vegetables, and fights off plant-fed beetles and other hungry insects.
