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...

A pick up truck retrofitted as an edible planter, complete with a chicken in the front seat.

A living rug...

A tiny chair on tiny moss on tiny pebbles...

A rain chain made from recycled blue bottles...

Moss covered recliner chair, sedum pillow, and popcorn...

Glass fiddlesticks...

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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