Post of Pots

I was strolling through AW Pottery in Berkeley the other day and got caught up in their flamboyant selections.  Their store near the Coliseum boasts more selection, but this Berkeley store is much calmer and makes for a lovely midday stroll.  Enjoy the show.  The photo above would make a cool low retaining wall, wouldn't it?!  With String of Pearls succulents streaming down the sides.

So expressive, especially when paired with other warm colors.

 

 

The pink Cadillac driving, horn-rimmed glasses wearing old lady in me loves kitschy statuary like this.  I have no idea what I'd do with a turquoise cat, but I Want One!

 

These white urns look like they're supposed to be used formally, but paired with red, orange and turquoise and you'd have a party!  Or a circus, depending on your tastes...

 

Show and Tell

Couldn't help but show off a planter and planting that I did the other day.  I wouldn't call it native, but it is quite fetching (if I do say so myself!).  We're going for a sun-drenched minimalist Mediterranean theme here, and the photo above shows a transition.  The Festuca idahoensis towards the back will ring this bed while the Sage and Aeonium will be transplanted into the back garden.

In the planter I've got an olive, some Hidcote lavenders, a few Erigeron and a purple potato vine thrown in for good measure.  The plants are a bit new, but they should fill in in no time!