Folio V — Garden Studies

Plan · Section · Elevation

Composed studies, not commissions

Rooms for plants, drawn upright from the plan.

Reading order

Each study starts as conditions on a plan — light, air, stone, water — and rises into a room you could stand in. Read the conditions before you borrow the planting.

± 0.00 — garden datum

Filed by study number

How to read a study

A study sets one room’s light, humidity and materials beside the plants composed into it. The conditions are the brief; the planting is one considered answer to it.

What a study is not

These are composed scenarios written for Florivern — not documented commissions, client projects or built sites. A place name describes a climate and a material palette, not an address.

Where it leads

Every plant named opens its Atlas profile, where suitability is set out properly. Store pieces appear only when a study names them; nothing here is sold as a finished garden.

Study SPC-01

Architectural Interior

The North-Lit Limestone Atelier

Frederiksberg, Copenhagen · Honed Jura Limestone & Lime Plaster

Sections — open to enlarge

Light & air

North-East Zenithal Sawtooth Glazing · 150–300 µmol/m²/s · 60% RH

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A quiet Copenhagen sculptor's studio pairing diffused zenithal skylight with large-scale fenestrated aroids and moisture-loving understory ferns.

Designed around soft, shadowless northern sky luminance, this double-height studio anchors its acoustic corners with a mature cedar-totem Monstera deliciosa while grouping Goeppertia orbifolia and Adiantum raddianum beside a travertine water basin.

Planted with — Atlas

Monstera deliciosa

Swiss Cheese Plant

Goeppertia orbifolia

Orbifolia Prayer Plant

Adiantum raddianum

Delta Maidenhair Fern

Held in the store

Monstera Deliciosa — Fenestrated Specimen

$165

Goeppertia Orbifolia — Silver-Striated Specimen

$78

Shigaraki Reduction-Fired Cylinder Vessel

$120

Study SPC-02

Walled Courtyard

Kyoto Moss & Tokoname Walled Courtyard

Sakyo Ward, Kyoto · Charred Sugi Cedar & Shirakawa Gravel

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Light & air

Open Sky Zenith with Western Eave Shade · Full Morning Sun · 65% RH

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An open-air tsubo-niwa pocket courtyard staging aged Pinus thunbergii bonsai on charred cedar benches above raked Shirakawa granite gravel.

Framed by timber shoji thresholds, the courtyard elevates a 12-year Pinus thunbergii to eye level for seated viewing while maidenhair ferns colonize the damp shaded stone footing below.

Planted with — Atlas

Pinus thunbergii

Japanese Black Pine Bonsai

Adiantum raddianum

Delta Maidenhair Fern

Held in the store

Pinus Thunbergii — 12-Year Tokoname Bonsai

$420

Forged Sanjo Carbon-Steel Satsuki Shears

$88

Study SPC-03

Conservatory & Atrium

The Arid Travertine Solarium

Lisbon, Portugal · Unfilled Roman Travertine & Brushed Steel

Sections — open to enlarge

Light & air

Unobstructed Southern Exposure · 8 Hours Direct Sun · 35% RH

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High-insolation south-facing loggia composed around sculptural Euphorbia trigona columns and silver-canopied Mediterranean olive standards.

Celebrating intense afternoon solar geometry, this thermal-mass travertine gallery pairs drought-adapted CAM succulents with container-grown Olea europaea trees in breathable stoneware.

Planted with — Atlas

Euphorbia trigona

African Milk Tree

Olea europaea

European Olive Tree

Held in the store

Euphorbia Trigona — Architectural Column

$145

Olea Europaea — Courtyard Standard Tree

$280

Shigaraki Reduction-Fired Cylinder Vessel

$120

Study SPC-04

Conservatory & Atrium

Epiphytic Glasshouse Bathing Pavilion

Zurich, Switzerland · Tadelakt Lime Plaster & Vals Quartzite

Sections — open to enlarge

Light & air

Frosted East Clerestory Light · 70–80% Ambient RH · 22°C

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Warm vapor-rich architectural bath sanctuary utilizing ambient steam to nurture lithophytic Anthurium clarinervium and canopy Phalaenopsis orchids.

By harnessing natural hydro-thermal humidity and diffused frosted glazing, the bathing pavilion replicates cloud-forest vapor pressure for epiphytic roots without mechanical misting.

Planted with — Atlas

Phalaenopsis amabilis

Moth Orchid

Anthurium clarinervium

Velvet Cardboard Anthurium

Held in the store

Phalaenopsis Amabilis — Double-Spike Epiphyte

$95

Anthurium Clarinervium — Karst Velvet Specimen

$135

Epiphytic Aroid & Orchid Bio-Substrate (8 L)

$34

Leaving the study — where the conditions are tested

III — Plant Finder

Check a planting against your own light, water and care.

II — The Atlas

Read each species named here in full, with its limits.

IV — The Journal

Long-form notes on light, soil and seasonal care.