Wednesday 25 May 2011

Columbia Rd and its Flower Market.

Columbia Rd Flower Market is a street flower market off Hackney central on a road lined with victorian shops and is only open on a sunday. It is open from 8am to 2pm there are a wide range of plants, bedding plants, shrubs, bulbs and freshly cut flowers. The shops that enclose the stalls are full of things like bread and cheese, antiques and fashion items.  


It is also a place popular by photographers and film artists who regularily use the street in their work.

L'ORANGERIE: 162 Columbia Rd
A small boutique filled with eccentric jewellery. It is like walking into a jungle with the decoration.

SUPERNICE: 106 Columbia Rd
Is a shop that works with designersand illustrators to make a range of removable wall art.

START SPACE: 150 Columbia rd
2 cafes that sandwich a gallery filled with figurative and abstract art. You can have a drink on one side browse the gallery and then have another on the otherside.

BEYOND FABRICS: 67 Columbia Rd
This is a fabric shop that stocks habadashery and retro and quilting fabrics. It also offers courses and workshops for beginners to the more experienced.

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