Wilde zwijnen Amsterdam

A new restaurant openend his doors a couple weeks ago in Amsterdam.
In the new and up coming neighboorhoud called oost you can find cafe restaurant "de Wilde Zwijnen"
On the corner of Javaplein "de Wilde Zwijnen" is a nice suprise.
When you enter the space, you are suprised by the homy and cosy atmosphere they created.
The menu is a mix of the french kitchen made of real Dutch ingredients.
I celebrated my birthday there this year with a small group of friends.
Had a nice evening.
Did you also enjoy "de Wilde Zwijnen" as much as I did?

Vertical Gardening

I know my home city is quite progressive, but still, I was surprised to read that the local government of Amsterdam is subsidizing (!) large scale installations of vertical gardens. Now how is that! With a minimum of 40sqm the local government will pay up to 20.000 euro's (half of the total installation costs). Go Amsterdam!

Hopefully, the French botanist Patrick Blanc can be commissioned. On his site you can view the impressive list of his projects around the world.

Indoors you can install your own vertical garden with Woolly Pockets from the US. Flora Grubs  installation below is too big for my living room, but is an excellent source of inspiration nonetheless.

(images from here and here)