About Dinner and Nature | Dinner and Nature

Dinner and Nature is driven to create unique dinner plates. Our CEO and head sculptor, Gil Narro Garcia, has loved gardening since he was a little boy. He competed with his older brother to see who could create the most beautiful flower beds in different parts of their yard. This love of nature planted the seeds for his future passion for creating unique, nature-inspired dinner plates. 

The Rise of an Artist

When Gil moved with his spouse to Arlington, VA, and later to Harpers Ferry, WV, he continued his landscaping career. He also started collecting random yet interesting objects he found on his walks with his Great Danes and other pets.  
Eventually, he started creating sculptures from the cache of feathers, nests, branches, mushrooms, vines, and whatever else caught his eye. He would embellish them with acrylic paints, beads, copper wire, and other materials to create and transform them into whimsical representations and vignettes.  

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Origin of Unique Nature Dinner Plates

One winter, Gil noticed that the water in his birdbath had frozen overnight. After pouring hot water over the ice, he noticed the beautiful patterns formed on its surface. Gil removed the disc from the water and took a photograph. He then added colors to the pattern and made it into a decal which he printed onto his first nature dinner plates. And so, Dinner and Nature was born. 