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Today, we’ve gathered the Instagram accounts that have come up over and over when we asked our featured experts (landscape designers, master gardeners, botanists, plant-obsessed makers, and more) who they follow for garden and design inspiration. (One particular account was name-checked a half dozen times!)
Without further ado, here are the top answers to Quick Takes prompt “Instagram account that inspires you.”
@giardino_di_hera
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Endorsed by both Deborah Needleman and Sarah Raven, soprano singer Gundula Anders’s account “shows her wonderful garden in southern Italy,” said Raven. “It’s just like the garden I dream of and hope to make on a plot of land we’ve just bought in Crete.”
@indefenseofplants
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“From the smallest duckweed to the tallest redwood, the botanical world is full of amazing stories,” reads the bio of ecologist and podcaster Matt Candeias. Floral artist Emily Thompson is a fan of his enlightening posts, which document his up-close-and-personal encounters with the natural world.
@bayntunflowers
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Not surprisingly, ceramicist and flower devotee Frances Palmer cited organic grower and florist Polly Nicholson’s account as a favorite. (See our story on Nicholson’s newest book here and a glimpse of her gorgeous garden here.)
@le_jardin_robo
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Landscape architect Roderick Wyllie follows this popular account that’s, according to its bio, “curated by painter @ankeroder. Inspired by constant gardener @harmjan_boven.” It shares inspired artworks that depict the world outside our doorsteps.
@lucianogiubbileigardens
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Landscape designers Taylor Palmer and Anastasia Sonkin admire fellow designer Luciano Giubbilei’s account: “His gardens never get old and never go out of style. Endless inspiration.”
@cassianschmidt
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None other than Dan Pearson is a fan of landscape architect Cassian Schmidt’s account: “Cassian’s observations of plants growing in the wild and the way that he interprets those plant communities in naturalistic plantings are beyond compare.”
@fridakim_london
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You won’t have to scroll down very far to understand why Bloomist co-founder Alex Bates is hooked on London-based floral artist Frida Kim’s exquisite arrangements.
@grassroofco
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Both Lindsey Taylor and David Godshall are charmed by gardener John Little’s video posts. “He’s constantly dropping low-tech, ecologically progressive knowledge and design bombs lately,” said Godshall.
@framedflorals
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“Besides gardening, my grandmother also made what she called ‘pressed-flower pictures,’ so dried plants are part of my DNA. I love looking at the Instagram account of modern-day flower pressers like Lacie RZ Porta,” shared garden writer Margaret Roach.
@coyotewillow
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No less than six Quick Takes respondents called out renowned landscape designer Dan Pearson’s account as a source of inspiration. Why? “Because everything [his studio does] is so insanely next-level it makes me want to scream,” said David Godshall.
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