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This post is sponsored by Virginia Johnson. See more of her new Garden Collection by clicking here.
We received this beautiful planter from Virginia Johnson recently and have been wanting to buy some succulents to place on our back patio for the summer. This one was perfect and so we picked up a couple plants to compliment Virginia's signature print painted beneath a rustic glaze. Repotting is quite simple once you now, here's how we repotted them.
To Repot:
To start, remove the succulent from it's original pot. Gently loosen off excess soil surrounding the roots so you can see them dangling a little. Use a cacti or succulent mix of soil which contains vermiculite or perlite. Pour a few rocks on the bottom of the new pot for drainage. Then add a bit of the cacti soil mix. Create a hole for each plant individually and wrap new soil around each plant so they are nice and snug in their new spot. We add a little water after repotting just to settle everyone in.
To Care For:
To care for a succulent, be sure to place it in a natural sunlit spot. Let soil dry out completely before watering, and water sparingly to avoid root rot.
We love this combination of succulents and cacti together. Makes for a nice summer centrepiece on our patio table.
Breaking out of her normal black and white mold, potter, Samantha Carter of Half Light Honey Studio has created these wonderful new colourful planters for spring. After this past winter Samantha tells us she was craving colour and made these gorgeous carved, sponge-printed, and hand-painted planters in a variety of designs with new clays. So fresh! Check out her online shop on Etsy or click on each image for more info.
www.halflighthoney.com
www.halflighthoney.blogspot.com
Here in the Pacific Northwest when February rolls around, we feel pretty clear of getting real cold winter weather. Just last week I saw some trees blossoming, the snowdrops were blooming and crocus and daffodils were peaking out of the ground. But this week's surprise dump of snow put a bit of a setback on that, and now I'm back to flower and plant buying to fill that green gap. A place I usually haunt online is Flora Grubb Gardens for that much needed green fix and this week I noticed these bright metal planters from Pot Inc. Fun fact is Pot Inc. is from here in Vancouver and it's cool to find their collection all the way via San Francisco. I really don't know how I somehow missed them at this year's Home and Garden show. The Hover Dish Collection as they are called have a shallow profile which lends itself well to low lying succulents (our faves) or mounds of compact miniature perennials and can be used indoors or out. We're loving the mod forms of the Dolga and Flango versions, and they also come in deeper styles. See more at Flora Grubb Gardens and Pot Inc.
Loving these crocheted hanging plant holders from Hooked out of Brooklyn. Made from super-soft organic pima cotton, they'd be great for hanging a pot or mason jar that has a lip around it. See more from Hooked's shop at our market this month by clicking here.
So I keep running into string gardens this week –and these gorgeous ones can't go without mentioning. Spotted in the latest issue of Inside Out Magazine, Mister Moss (out of Australia) makes some pretty colorful ones that he actually sells online. I love the bright fluro strings and the Yucca above (with the painted stem) –a perfect patio/balcony plant idea. See a few more pics below –the cherry blossoms on the balcony would be perfect right now and check out that stunning display for a wedding. More at mister-moss.com.
Check out this post from earlier this week with a link on how to make them!
Happy Friday!
~Jan
My posts elsewhere this week:
Sweet baby clothes made in France.
Fun bedding for kids
Adorable handmade Easter gifts for the littles
Beautiful ceramics from Philadelphia
I came across this spring string garden how-to this past week from Terrain online and never realized how easy they are to make or it seems so anyway. Have you ever made one? It's basically wrapping the roots or bulbs of the plant in wet dirt to make a ball, then wrapping it with sheet or clump moss and then tying up with string. I also love their idea of using bulb flowers for their project. The hyacinths look so fresh and would even make a lovely spring gift. I also didn't realize you can basically make a string garden ball for any type of plant (visit stringgardens.com for inspiration). I love that idea. From succulents to miniature orange trees, the possibilities are inspiring. Seeing all these makes me want to make a window full! A few pics from stringgardens.com below.
Image credits. 1. Terrain 2. and 3. ijm.nl 4. ultradelarue.com 5. ultradelarue.com 6. and 7. paulbarbera.com 8. stringgardens.com
Black thumbs like myself may be happy to hear about these self-watering terracotta planters I recently came upon. Designed by Joey Roth, these bundt-pan-like pots brilliantly self-regulate themselves drawing moisture to your plant when needed. Each planter is crafted with terracotta and zisha, a naturally porous earthenware. You just simply fill the center chamber with water and your plants take what they need! Available through Old Faithful.
Kali Vermès, a Paris-based artist and photographer started making terrariums to satisfy her green thumb back in 2010. Grow Little (also based in Paris) is her company where she makes some pretty special terrariums. Made in extra large hand blown glass vessels of various sizes, each is a piece of art and an original; with a unique miniature landscape design. Take a closer look at them below at Le Cabanon (a local book store in Paris that carries them). See more at Grow Little's blog here.
I just took down the Christmas tree yesterday and now I'm longing for more green. I remembered this image from Weekday Carnival where she planted a few in a series of clear jars and glasses for the holidays. A perfect January weekend project don't you think? Happy weekend!
If I were to be ever stranded on a desert island one day I would hope it would be like Flora Grubb Gardens. I think I could be very very happy there for the rest of my life floating about all the greenery of succulents, air plants and the containers they live in. And today I'm super-stoked to be sharing with you her holiday gift collection for 2012. From aerium ornaments to gorgeous succulent wreaths, Flora Grubb has created a beautiful and unique selection of greenery home decor options for the holidays. Check out a sneak peek of a few faves below and visit her online shop at floragrubb.com.
Have you seen this Urbio Vertical Garden system yet? Urbio is a recyclable product that is made out of a light weight and
durable polypropylene and is an alternative solution for urban gardening. What began as a Kickstarter project is a system which consists of base plates with magnetic holders in various shapes and sizes which stick to the base
plates and of course to anything metal. Not only just for plants, the system can hold basically anything - make it an office organizer, or maybe for an entryway. Possibly the perfect indoor vertical anything?
The system can be bought online directly from Urbio (individually or as a starter package of six wall plates and five containers) for $175 USD. Click here to find out more. (Via Babyology).
The system can be bought online directly from Urbio (individually or as a starter package of six wall plates and five containers) for $175 USD. Click here to find out more. (Via Babyology).
I love this cheap and easy way to grow herbs from one's windows using a mix of IKEA products and modifying them from their original purpose to create a new purpose. Using a curtain rod, a cutlery caddy and a few "S" hooks, Jill Sornson Kurtz shows how she made this clever herb planter DIY (perfect for a weekend project) over at Urban Gardens blog. Check out the how-to here!
I came across these beautiful green things over at Kitka blog today and thought we needed a little bit of the green stuff over here. I thought the pictures were so lovely, love the wood and the green. They recently picked up some plants for their brick and mortar, Mjolk. Also, don't you just love that photo print in the first picture? Check out Kitka and their shop Mjolk here (Pssst! They also sell online).
Paper White Indoor Garden from Michael Penney |
With this cold snap and grey skies a little green is in order don't you think? A few green finds I've been saving on my desktop perfect for a day like today.
Photo: Nina Broberg from Livet Hemma |
dromhemochtradgard.se |
Terrain |
Terrain |
Winter Garden - Photo: Nina Broberg from Livet Hemma |
Minna Mercke Schmidt, Blomsterverkstad, för Livet Hemma |
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