This past week was National Herb Week- A special week created by the International Herb Association to promote the world of herbs and the Herb of the Year (which in this case is BAY).
I just blogged about growing bay and making “Rice Pudding” with bay over at the Herb Companion Magazine site. Yum!
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Another innovative garden display at the LA Garden Show this past week was a Balcony Garden by Paul Borden Landscape Design.
It was a very compact edible garden made from old shipping crates and nifty “nail bins” that can be found at home centers like Home Depot. I thought it was very well done.
The individual plastic bins can be removed for replanting or shifted to new spots if things need more/less light.
The idea behind this design was to come up with something that was inexpensive to build and that would fit onto a 10′ by 5′ space. A balcony railing would only be 42″ high, so the back of this planter is just 48″ high. Not bad re-purposing…trash to treasure!
Some of my other posts on the LA Garden Show:
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While at the LA Garden Show, I saw this cute little chess set in one of the displays. I thought it was a great idea!
Other posts on the show:
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My mom knows how to throw a garden party! Every year at Easter, she has a fun project for the family to do and it usually involves the garden. This year, all the adults made Living Wreaths. We were each given a strong wire wreath frame, some moss and an assortment of plants to choose from. Then she set us free to create our own display.
The ONLY requirement was that you wear a cute garden hat. (Somehow, my brother got out of that one!) My mom provided the colored aprons and matching gloves. (How sweet was that?)
Here I am working away diligently (in pink), while my brother, my mom and my sister-in-law decide what plants to use in her wreath…You can tell that I was FOCUSED.
What was fun about this project was that each of our wreaths turned out differently. We all picked different plant combinations and they all looked fabulous.
Here is mine…
Here are L to R: Demitra, Sam, Carrie, Pattie and Jimmie.
And here is mine two weeks later on my front door. I haven’t killed it yet!
Next week, I am doing the same project at my house with some gardener friends. It should be a blast!
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Yesterday, I showed some photos of the edible wall I saw at the Los Angeles Garden Show. Here are a few more pictures…
Several of the displays featured container gardens. Here are a few of my favorites:
This container garden was called a "Sweet Pea Tree" and was designed by Linda McKendry. Of course sweet peas do not grow on trees, but this whimsical sculptural tree makes it look like they do. It is under planted with strawberries.
This container garden was called "Vegetable Table" and was designed by Jane Barlam Designs. It was a wire window box filled with Jerusalem sage, strawberries and oregano sitting on a vintage table. It had a piped drainage system to catch the run off into a water can…
This display garden featured all reclaimed containers. Everything was found at the salvage yard. I loved the rusty steel box!
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Theresa Loe is the award- winning Co-Executive Producer & Canning Expert on Growing A Greener World TV. She blogs here about Living Homegrown®, local and fresh-from-the-garden. MORE >>
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