Going to a big show like this shows us crazy fun gardening that's not really replicable, but bits and pieces of it that we can take home and use for inspiration. I was glad to not see rows of stiff tulips and hot tubs, but instead designed gardens including chickens, edibles, recycled pieces, worm composting, and even goats: I tend to think Portland is ahead of the curve in a lot of these things. It's fun to see our passion and aesthetics reflected back to us though.
I came away with some some things I was really inspired by, or things that made me smile. Those are good signs. Some of them were...
Great contrast in pots using glass...
![glass mulch, float and succulent combination](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4338340895_51d399f179.jpg)
A pick up truck retrofitted as an edible planter, complete with a chicken in the front seat.
![pick up truck front](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4339082716_cc4170eb65.jpg)
A living rug...
![living carpet](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4338339511_8d5382e35e.jpg)
A tiny chair on tiny moss on tiny pebbles...
![tiny chair on moss](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4339082326_c27468e3ec.jpg)
A rain chain made from recycled blue bottles...
![rain chain from recycled bottles + goat](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4339082426_e35d4a2c63.jpg)
Moss covered recliner chair, sedum pillow, and popcorn...
![popcorn and recliner](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4338340717_bc7b5b4494.jpg)
Glass fiddlesticks...
![glass fiddlesticks](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4338340509_a2e0c776c9.jpg)
I could go on and on but there are more photos in my flickr set here if you'd like to peruse.
Inspired!
7 comments:
AMAZING! World class. I've always heard nothing but great things about that show.
So cool, IT'S AS IF I WERE THERE :)
i'm looking forward to getting started in my new garden... wherever that new garden may be. thanks for the ideas.
I can't wait to see where this inspiration shows itself in your garden this summer. For all the times I plan to invite myself over :)
Wow, I am loving all that glass! Especially with the succulents in pots. The colors are beautiful!
Neato!
Thank you for these! I am so focused on just getting started that I forget there's a whole other level of gardening to aspire to -- right now I'm on the bottom of Maslow's chart, and these folks are clearly way beyond it! Cool.
Hi Lelo~~ I'm inspired by your photographs! Yours is the fourth blog I've seen with photos from the show. It's interesting how each blogger has chosen to focus on something different. Me, I want that moss chair and I love the colored glass topdressing on the Yucca/Agave too. Thank you for sharing.
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