Archive for May, 2010

Mobile, Small Garden

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Since seeing the imaginative “Book” planter box idea, I have been on the look out for other unique planter ideas. This one takes first prize and I wish I had a photo for you but I would have had to flip a u in the middle of Saturday traffic to follow a truck. Yes, a truck; a little garden truck to be exact.
I call it a garden truck because that is what I called my very old but beloved 1980-85 series Mazda B2000 truck that I used to haul garden stuff around the property and branches to the dump. It was a little truck like that with all the character enhancing dings, scratches and rust. In addition to the “well loved” appearance, what made this truck special was the cute little white picket fence themed planter boxes mounted on each end of the rear bumper, complete with flowers in them! A mobile and small space garden all in one!

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Outside the Box

Monday, May 10th, 2010

This is a window box I stumbled upon at the back of the general store located in picturesque Langley on Whidby Island, Washington. I did a double take thinking it was a shelf of books. As I got closer I realized the books were merely random pieces of lath painted to look like¬† book spines. The VERY original titles such as “Ten Minutes to Normal” and “My Family and Other Animals” made me laugh. Waiting for the Sunday night fairy to the mainland gave me plenty of¬† time to consider the many creative ways I too could re-think “outside the box”. The window box that is.

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