by Claudine Hebert
Special collaboration, La Presse, 1995
Special collaboration, La Presse, 1995
... Want to beautify your cozy nest with exotic or native plants, but you're not able to keep a cactus alive? Or, you love plants so much that you lack only a few specimens in order for your living room to look like a section of the Botanical Garden? A solution exists and it is called "Calfolia", a company specializing in artistic reproductions of plants and trees. When entering the warehouse/showroom of Calfolia, located at 1250 Beaulac, in Saint-Laurent -- it is extremely difficult to recognize art from life. Actually, all the plants in the showroom seems real.  | The only clues -- for us to realize that these plants are not alive -- comes from our olfactory senses. There is not a fragrance from all the exotic plants and flowers. Nevertheless, your eyes will love the beauty of these accurate botanical reproductions. Using real-trunk trees imported from across the planet, Calfolia a recent transplant, foliage and flowers of silk. From small bonsai trees, to more than thirty feet tall coconut trees, Calfolia vegetation includes varieties beyond imagination -- Mexican agave, Brazilian dracenas, or Japanese ghostwood. | In addition to reproductions of part of the plant world, Calfolia offers its customers a variety of natural preserved plants and trees. Using a technology edge that ensures the conservation of the plant and its natural appearance, this company in Saint-Laurent creates plants to last forever. They do not need water or light. If the models of plants and trees in the showroom do not meet your needs, you can always order your own tailor-made plant. The company provides a term of seven to ten days to produce. by Claudine Hebert Special collaboration, La Presse, 1995 |
