SF Garden Show: Stuff in Bowls

Goodness gracious, I'm on an adrenaline and sensory overload after the SF Flower and Garden Show.  I'll be posting images of the show throughout the week, but my lack of focus today has led to a photo tour of little details that I found pretty cool.

The image above is a detail of a sculpture by who else, but Paul Discoe of Live Edge LLC, although most folks know him from his other company Joinery Structures.  I love his attention to detail and his use of Japanese hand tools.  

Leave it to Artefact Design & Salvage to find something rad and put a bunch of it in a neat little bowl; gold and silver skulls in this instance.  I can see this going rock star or zombie garden.  Ooooh, zombie garden...

 If you've seen anything about the show, you've probably already seen the succulent cube garden.  Well, the cube certainly floored me, but here's a little-noticed detail ringing the pond around it.  I guess they're stone- small bowls with lights inside.  Tumbled glass softens the light and adds a mysterious hidden treasure element.  Sean Stout and James Pettigrew of Organic Mechanics are the people responsible.

Continuing on the theme of stuff in bowls, here's a little shot of the Papillon Pad by Mariposa Garden Design and Thomas Pedemonte.  Hanging ceramic bowls drip with succulents.  Very festive! 

I'll highlight a few gardens next week and relive the adventures, but first I'll have to come down from this garden high!

Curves and Angles: A New Trellis for the Wall

 

I'm still trying to figure out what I think of this one, but here's the latest trellis!  This one is for my front garden, but is #1 in a line of trellises I'll be offering come Spring (gee, that's soon).  You might remember when I took the army of clamps off the center piece in this earlier post.   So without further ado, I present the latest trellis:

 

It's a fun one since it involves bending wood (and bending wood involves lots of chances for disaster such as a 10ft long piece of drainage pipe filled with hot water balancing on the counter.  Oh, the suspense!) and doing some Japanese style joints at odd angles.  I'm still trying to decide how to mount it onto the wall, so any advice would be most welcome.  It was inspired by the wrought iron railing that borders the front steps and entry patio of the house.  Soon enough it will have a twin on the other side of the garage and a Vitus californica 'Roger's Red' clambering up it.  Heck, maybe I could get a Dutchman's Pipevine into the mix as well!