Moss Is Back

Moss Is Back!

Moss is back. And we are not refer­ring to Kate.

According to gar​den​de​sign​.com, moss was “a fad in the late 19th cen­tury, when newly dis­cov­ered plants were being car­ried across the globe, and Vic­to­rian gar­deners and arm­chair hor­ti­cul­tur­al­ists enjoyed domestic dal­liances by cul­ti­vating mosses in ter­rar­iums and mosseries. When the craze abated, though, mosses were more or less rel­e­gated to their nat­ural ter­rain of forests and wood­land land­scapes. Per­haps this was because the botanic veil had been lifted, and the new species of exotic flowers and trees were far more exciting than the simple mosses (bryophytes, or non-​​vascular plants) that lacked flowers, seeds, and a visu­ally dra­matic life cycle.

In the last sev­eral years, though, mosses have become pop­ular once again. Gar­deners cul­ti­vate mosses as an alter­na­tive to grass lawns, archi­tects install mosses on green roofs, and artists have dis­cov­ered moss as a new medium. Public spaces are their exhibit venues, and their mes­sages are typo­graphic and illus­tra­tive. The green designers attach live moss to crum­bling walls, con­struc­tion sites, and even transit sta­tions. As site-​​specific designs in public spaces, the lush instal­la­tions have been called moss graf­fiti and guerilla art, to which the artists would add that they are also exam­ples of land­scape design and urban gardening—an effort to reclaim dilap­i­dated public spaces, and to cul­ti­vate moments of green in indus­trial areas.”

Kind of like the moss idea?  Bring mother nature into your home with Moss Field’s from Nat­ural Curiosi­ties. This one of a kind piece of art­work is framed and ready for your wall.

Moss Field

How you would use moss in your home?