Succulent Wreath

I made a succulent wreath to hang on the door of my garden shed.... I chose succulents with a variety of colors and textures...

The wreath form I used originally had ivy on it - It's made of peat moss. I pulled it apart to make spaces for the new plants.

I started with the larger more coarse textured echeverias....

...then I added creeping sedum...

I had found some baby sempervivums.. some of them had roots and some didn't... I decided to go ahead and add those to the wreath. I attached them with "u" pins...

The wreath is on my garden shed door...

'Black Prince' Echeveria is one of my favorites! It has that purple/black foliage that I love so much.

I hardly ever water this wreath - and it's as happy as it can be...and beautiful too!

a baby sempervivum..

Our New Garden Center!! Gardenhood will be located in the old Urban Gardener Location

I am opening a new garden center this fall with my partners - Valerie Barton, Scott McMahan, and David Bennett McMullin. I am so excited. I will be showing our progress here on my blog... So here is the before... A very rundown, abandoned property which used to be a garden center called the Urban Gardener. It is located in the Grant Park Community of Atlanta...


The old Urban Gardener sign.. Lamiastrum is one of many invasive plants that has taken over the site...

A leftover display.. an old bathtub... and a statue of ...???

Jody is taking it all in.... alot, alot, alot of work to do...

The whole place has turned in to a wildflower/invasive plant meadow....

There is also a community garden on our property. I am so excited about that..

The rules..

July 18, 2009

Succulents!! Aloes, Kalanchoe, and Euphorbia..

Sempervivum and sedums...

Kalanchoe and sedum..

BLOOMS!! This time of year there are always blooms in my garden.. Passionflower vine..

Bee Balm and Rose Campion..

More Veggies are ready to harvest....

White Eggplant...

Ichiban Eggplant..

Peppers

Gorgeous Red Peppers.. almost too pretty to pick..

My Cherokee Purple Tomatoes are ripening!! Yay! Speaking of purple...

This is a new 'Chocolate' Crape Myrtle I recently bought. It has purple/chocolate colored foliage and white flowers!! I'm a sucker for any plant with purple/black/chocolate foliage!!