Stacy Hsu
A repeating pattern of peach hollyhocks, lilac, hummingbirds, and bees on cream — the Pollinators’ Garden hero print

Pollinators’ Garden

A timeless collection of kids’ and baby apparel and decor for a DTC brand based in the US. From brainstorm and mood boards to hand-drawn motifs, a mural, and four mini collections ready for product.

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Brainstorm & Mood Board Development

Handwritten brainstorm notes: Nature — Botanical Bliss, Ocean Dreams, Animal Friends, Dreamy Landscape; Animal Friends — Woodland Animals, Pollinator Garden, Farm Life, Migratory Animals, Spring in the Neighborhood; Pollinator Garden — honey bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, beetles, ladybugs, hollyhock, lilac, foxglove, lily, sunflower

Hippie Campground

Hippie Campground palette — terracotta, orange, cream, grey, sage, forest green, and navyA hummingbird colour study in the Hippie Campground palette, peach with a fine outline

English Garden

English Garden palette — cream, sage, green, coral, blush, pink, and sky blueA hummingbird colour study in the English Garden palette, pale pink

California Summer

California Summer palette — cream, yellow, orange, blush, green, sky, and cobaltA hummingbird colour study in the California Summer palette, solid coral

Sketching the Motifs

A bumble bee seen from above, wings spread — soft grey and yellow watercolour
A bumble bee with an orange band across its back, wings spread
A honey bee seen from above, striped abdomen and pale amber wings
A peach butterfly with white-spotted forewings, seen from the side
A peach butterfly with white-spotted wings, wings raised
A peach butterfly with monarch-like veined wings, wings open
A peach butterfly with monarch-like veined wings, in flight
A peach butterfly with white-spotted wings, seen from above
A coral hummingbird in flight, wings raised
A coral hummingbird in flight, wings swept back
A red ladybug with black spots, seen from the side
A ladybug in flight, wings open
A red ladybug with black spots, seen from above
A slender ground beetle in mint green, seen from above
A round spotted beetle in mint green
A long-antennaed longhorn beetle in mint green
A small oval beetle in pale mint
A shield-shaped beetle in pale mint, seen from above
A stem of pink hollyhocks with sage leaves
A tall stem of hollyhocks with open blooms and buds
A tall stem of hollyhocks, blooms opening from the top down
A peach lilac bloom
A peach lilac bloom on a leafy stem
A peach lily with sage-green leaves
A sprig of heart-shaped leaves in sage green
A pair of heart-shaped sage-green leaves on a stem

Putting it All Together

Mini Collections

Pollinators’ Paradise

Pollinators’ Paradise hero print — The hero floral — hollyhocks, lilac, hummingbirds and bees on cream
Pollinators’ Paradise coordinate — A blush ground with scattered coral dashes
Pollinators’ Paradise coordinate — A dense peach floral with yellow centres

Wings of Freedom

Wings of Freedom hero print — Cream monarch butterflies scattered on a marigold ground
Wings of Freedom coordinate — A solid coral
Wings of Freedom coordinate — Tiny peach sprigs on cream

Garden Buzz

Garden Buzz hero print — Cream bees on a cornflower-blue ground
Garden Buzz coordinate — Fine pale-blue pinstripes
Garden Buzz coordinate — Small peach and blue buds on pale blue

Garden Guardians

Garden Guardians hero print — Pale beetles on a deep green ground
Garden Guardians coordinate — A mint hatched texture
Garden Guardians coordinate — Fine dots on mint

On Product

The hero floral as nursery wallpaper behind a dark dresser and a bentwood chair, with a framed hummingbird print
A nursery with a white crib, the peach floral as a round rug and crib sheet, and Garden Buzz sprigs on the wall
Gift wrap in the peach floral, tied with ribbon, on Garden Buzz blue-dot paper
Three baby hats — blush dots, cream sprigs, and solid sage
A marigold bandana bib in the Wings of Freedom monarch print
The Pollinators’ Garden composition as a wall mural in a sunlit room with a slatted ceiling
A stationery set — notebooks, a notepad, and cards in the marigold monarch, peach floral, and bee prints
A cornflower-blue sleepsuit with small white dots
A cornflower-blue sleepsuit in the Garden Buzz bee print
A marigold sleepsuit in the Wings of Freedom monarch print
A pale-blue pinstriped sleepsuit
A blush sleepsuit with small coral dots
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