I’m a writer, artist, gardener and lover of personality-filled spaces.
Inside AND out!
For 16 years Studio Home has been my place to share ideas, inspiration and art to help your home and garden feel like your own.
My creative projects are currently on pause while my husband and I take on the new challenge of owning the Akaroa Butchery + Deli, and set about making our new home on beautiful Banks Peninsula.
You can continue to browse my design writing and previous art offering here (more will be added intermittently!) and my garden writing over on Unearthed.
Studio Home since 2008
Akaroa,
Aotearoa / New Zealand
BROWSE ART
NEW OIL PASTELS
EXPLORE THE BLOG
garden
All my garden writing is now hosted on my online magazine and archive Unearthed.
Formerly just for subscribers, this is now opened up to whoever would like to browse interesting and inspiring garden content from NZ/Australia and the Northern Hemisphere.
Make your home your own…
A series I wrote to provide pathways and encouragement for people to design and curate their homes in reflection of their interests and lives - rather than just the trends of the moment.
Home + Design
Explore home features and focus articles of my favourite materials and products.
WATCH GARDEN
STUDIO HOME ART
Click here to explore a regularly updated collection of garden inspired artwork by Julia Atkinson-Dunn.
Super Creative podcast
Lengthy chat with Catie Dawson about the flexing and bending to keep Studio Home relevant and opening the doors to opportunities over 13 years.
Grow Ōtautahi
podcast
I am proud to be the Beginner Ambassador for Grow Ōtautahi - Christchurch Garden Festival for 2020/21/22.
Click through the link below to listen to the podcast recordings from the vast array of talks including my three ‘Ask an Expert” panel.
“It was so wonderful to have Julia as a guest creative for our Creative Conversation Lunch series. Her story is so inspiring and her honesty, authenticity and sense of self-deprecating humour only endeared her to us, and our audience even more - if that is possible, because we all already loved her! Julia’s enthusiasm, energy and passion for her creative projects and fellow creatives carries everyone along with her. So inspirational!”
“Studio Home is the online space that has been consistently inspiring and delighting me for years now.
There’s just something so satisfying about coming along for the ride with this creative genius.”
“I just LOOOOVVVE your videos on all things flowers! Keep them coming please. I get so excited when I see you’ve got heaps of insta stories. And your garden is gorg! ”
FEATURED IN….
“Bloom, bloom, pow” Flowers for Friends extract Homestyle (Dec/Jan 2021)
“Strike a posy” Flowers for Friends extract Haven magazine (Nov. 2021)
“Pick of the bunch” Flowers for Friends extract Your Home and Garden (Nov. 2021)
“How to harvest flowers for spring floral arrangements” Flowers for Friends extract, Mindfood online feature (Oct. 2021)
Keepers of the Craft interview and campaign for Zeffer cider.
“Garden to vase” Petal Power extract, Shepherdess (Autumn 2021)
“Come into Bloom” feature interview + book extraction - WOMAN magazine, (February 15 2021)
“Good as Gold” - Petal Power extract, Haven magazine (Feb 2021)
“Feeding the soul” - online HOME magazine (Jan 2021)
“Floral Evolution” feature - Haven Magazine, Issue 1, (Nov. 2020)
Cover feature “Finding her own way” - Latitude Magazine issue 71 (June/July 2020)
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Latitude magazine issue 71, june/july 2020 cover story