Okay, here we are, back at
The Tropics, Inc. and about to do the full tour, are you ready?
Backing up just a bit, two photos I took before I knocked on the gate.
And now we're in...
This was a new office area under construction. That maybe why I was able to visit on a Saturday, since they're usually only open Monday thru Friday.
I wandered, I took photos, I felt lust in my heart.
And most of all, I was inspired!
Tobacco leaves?
This. Ha! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A rusty plough disc with a piece of screen to cover the hole, how many times have I done exactly this with my plantings? Very different settings, the same pieces.
Who is this beautiful creature? I have no idea.
Another NoID fern, so fantastic.
This is the last photo I took, this area was actually behind the same fence as the second and third photos from the top, but I wedged the camera in between the wires. I feel fortunate to have been allowed to wander through this incredibly inspiring shop, thank you
Ryan!
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Wow! I'm suitably impressed. So many of the potted plants could stand alone as a focal piece in almost any garden. I also loved the piece in photo #14, which looked like it was staring back at the viewer.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I completed the blog post last week and went to proof it before it went live, scrolling down he actually gave me a bit of a fright.
DeleteThis place is off the charts. I didn't even know where to look first. It looks like a secret garden that's part of a fancy estate.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't know where to look first? Imagine being me!
DeleteI'm flabbergasted. I zoomed in on each fantastic photo. When I got to the first contorted pachypodium I accidentally closed the whole page down! I love a shallow planter, but this is just a whole other world. Great minds on the plough disc. I'm so glad you made the cut to get inside and share this with all of us. So inspiring. I'll definitely look this over again and again! *I hope someone ID's the ferns.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna put the ferns up on their own post in Instagram and cross my fingers for ID, I did get a possible name for one of them via the blogs Facebook page; Microsorum scolopendria, synonym Phymatosorus scolopendria.
DeleteIncredible how we all dip out of the same rusty pool for inspiration. I have a flywheel very similar to the one shown and the fluted base for a streetlight shown in 11th photo from the top. I'd like to check out their fern selections too. I can imagine your heart was beating fast!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely was!
DeleteThis is almost not fair! There was "lust in my heart" with each and every photo! I couldn't possible pick just one (or ten) to comment on. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThe rusty, spiky burst in photo 13 should have gone home with you.
Chavli
Ha! Can you imagine my trying to get that on the plane? Worse, can you imagine if they'd have let me?
DeleteLoads of really interesting plants, planters and structures!
ReplyDeleteA lot of the hardier ones could easily have gone in your garden.
It's not suprising that you were so taken with it.
The little cherub waving from inside the bucket. I thought #14 looked like a Buddha figure praying. It seems like some of those plants would be hard to maintain in such (comparatively) little containers! Probably helps that most are succulents, but still. Amazing artistry there.
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