You may know by now that one of my favorite places is High Hand Nursery in Loomis, CA. I have mentioned it
HERE.
This past rainy Saturday morning, my friend Nancy & I took a class at the High Hand Flower Shop. The class was called "A Fanciful Garden" and we had a very good time! The Flower Shop is a recent addition to High Hand. It is located in the historic fruit-packing sheds and it is a delight to behold.
The structure of the building is so interesting and the design and merchandising of the shop is really wonderful. I've included some of photos below.
I like this very tall Scheffelera plant, and this view shows the metal walls of the shed.
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Here's another view of the interior structure. Isn't that topiary dress form wonderful.
I need that!
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Not exactly sure why, but I took a fancy to this corny vase!
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I just had to show you this beautiful white hydrangea.
I am especially drawn to the succulents. What a variety!
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This one is so interesting. It's called Table Aeonium.
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The purpose of the class was to learn about the method and plants suitable for a container garden. For the price of the class, we had many nice pots and varieties of plants to choose from. Of course, Nancy & I both "upgraded" to larger pots and I added additional plants! I'm telling you, when you get me in that place, I just can't stop finding things I love...
We both chose from the evergreen plants; dwarf pines, junipers, cedars, etc. I think I'm going back for a succulent garden though. I took photos of most of the container gardens made in the class. I think you'll agree they turned out well, even if my photography isn't so wonderful!
The first two are from other "students". Cool, huh?
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This one belongs to my friend Nancy. Love that pot!
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This one is mine. You'll notice that there is some bare dirt in a couple of them. That is because the little plant with the red berries, Cotoneaster, needs room to spread.
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Do yourself a favor. Go play in the dirt!