Year-round focal points from humble materials, Day 1

A few week ago , while visiting Freeland and Sabrina Tanner ’s garden in Napa , California , I was stop in my course by some of their awesome creations . I ’ll post two today and show another awe-inspiring one tomorrow , so stay tune up .

First , agree this one out . Instead of filling this urn with plants ( They have LOTS of other plant to nurture ) , Freeland cut and bent several lengths of rebar , stuck them in the soil , and topped each one with a terracotta pot . Simple concept , but I never would have thought of it !

In another part of the garden , Freeland and Sabrina covered a declamatory countryfied tuteur with terracotta and a pick from their extensive assemblage of vintage watering cans . Heck , they can even make a pile of this stuff and nonsense along a fence look cool ! Such creative endowment …

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Year-round focal points from humble materials, Day 2

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