Apr
20
If you were walking past La Galerie Végétale, you might pause before walking in, unsure if it was a shop, gallery or design studio. Don’t hesitate! Enter a lush world fusing the industrial and natural.
Inspired by nature and the preciousness of the materials that make up organic products, La Galerie Végétale is the kind of place that you could pick up arranged bouquet, or a fantastic assortment of ordinary and exotic potted plants, as well as their accoutrements, but it’s also a gallery that is constantly changing, reinvented at the owner’s whim. Run by Michel Lebroton and Solveig Kuffer, the tremendous space was formerly a woodworking studio. It’s now been divided into a workshop and gallery, each side guiding the other.
La Galerie Végétale is deeply invested in organic and recycled materials, encouraging fair trade internationally, as well as traditional artistic techniques, a quality you’ll see reflected in the product carried in the shop. Take, for example, the Bholu creations peeking out from behind plants throughout the store. The imaginative creations are handmade by women artists in India, inspired by the drawings of children.
Practice your French on La Galerie Végétale’s website: www.lagalerievegetale.com
Photographs courtesy of Jillian Leiboff
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