Current Obsessions: Wildflower Hotline

Among the inspiring things we’ve taken note of this week? A wildflower hotline! A great flat in Milano! And a new museum shop to poke into. Read on:

• The top spot on Wirecutter’s recent roundup of best gifts for gardeners? “For anyone who loves a wilder, nature-inspired garden, the gorgeous Low-Impact Garden is both a manual and an inspiration.” We couldn’t agree more.
• Attn., Londoners: the new V&A East museum opens this weekend—and we’re eyeing the shop, stocked with work by local small-batch makers and mostly priced under 30 pounds.
• Ooh, admiring this playful wallpaper by Swantje Hinrichsen in Germany (hat tip: Margot).
• Eagerly awaiting this collection by Kelly Wearstler for H&M Home, premiering in Milan and set to hit stores in September.
• Milan Design Week kicks off this week; among the standouts? This styled apartment, Faye Toogood’s collection for Meritalia, and Marimekko’s Osteria Fiori di Marimekko.
• “The new restaurant where you can bid on masterpieces from the table” (psst: it’s in a Marcel Breuer-designed landmark).
• Love these minimalist prints by Irish makers Superfolk.
• And truly obsessed with these vintage do-it-all clip-on lamps—a rare find from Vecino Shop.
• P.S. Save the date (May 2) for this spring-y mini market at Madre Linen HQ in Portland, OR.
• For when your bath could use a spring refresh.
• In other books-by-Kendra news… the Gardenista contributor’s newest book is Britain’s Best Gardens. (It has the most charming cover!)
• A wildflower hotline “for the latest scoop on superblooms.” (Hat tip: Margot.)
• Have you heard about The Modern House’s How My Garden Grows podcast? The fourth episode is with Gardenista friend Arthur Parkinson.
• What a clever DIY garden storage idea.
• Tree of the week, maybe even tree of the year? (courtesy of John Derian).
• Salmon Creek Farm just released this year’s seed mix. “This is not a careful and precise commercial seed mix — rather a crazy reckless cacophonous variety, gradually collected by hand week by week, seed by seed.” Buy here.
• Mark your calendars! The annual Sakonnet Plant Fair, cohosted by Gardenista fave issima Nursery, will be held on May 2. Among the long list of vendors: Frances Palmer, Stephen Orr, and Janet Mavec!
• Here’s why your potted basil might not be thriving.
• And finally, “a garden for a writer might be the best kind of garden,” says Fan. Discuss.