As promised, here are photos of my planted gold basket! I used an odd basket that looks wooden but is actually metal! I took chicken wire and made the "shelf" then covered all in moss, placed soil and then the plants and finished wish one of Chris's (Goldfinch4) garden art "slugs"
It has several semps, sedums, Aeoniums, and an unknown plant that I think is a type of orchid

Very nice!!!! Love that basket. Thanks for the pictures.

Greg, I love the idea of the chx wire shelving...Ingenious! and suddenly I have a hankering for chicken wire...!!
Anyway, now I want to drag out my metal basket from an antique trove store and plant into it too.
Thanks for sharing!!

Greg I love it. Love the chicken wire shelf, and love that little snail.
It will be amazing when it fills in.

Looks great! Can't wait to see how it looks once it grows up

Thanks all!!! This was one of the baskets that I bought with Spring when we were down there! I loved your Goodwill store! The prices and the items! Just can't get that very often here in Seattle!
Denice its so great to see you on here!
Bev, hardware cloth and chicken wire are my new good friends!

That's awesome! The hanging shelf thing is brilliant, gets my idea-generator warmed up. Great job. Is your unknown plant Ledebouria socialis?

Purple, ha yep, you're right! I like the "common name" of "Silver squill" Thanks for the ID!
Inside the basket are a bunch more bulblets which I'm excited to see grow! (I just have to remember to keep it consistently moist while they develop...its partly why I made the shelf, so I could have two different growing environments, one drier and sunnier than the lower part
Thanks

gg5 said:...its partly why I made the shelf, so I could have two different growing environments, one drier and sunnier than the lower part

Good use of your noggin, Mr. Colucci!

Keep us posted as it grows in!

I am so looking forward to seeing it when it is mature and filled in.

Nice Work Greg

I sure will! Spring, do you remember as soon as I saw it I knew it was going to be great for this!!

Thanks Marilyn! Me too, and I'll share photos - only every now and then! Not daily!!

You're not?

Yep! There was so much to choose from. Loved that store. We took home the best stuff.

So how many thrift stores you guys hitting @ next year's clinic, Julia and Greg?

This one was just across the road from the hotel. We could hit a few for sure but, I think Lynn will keep us busy visiting nurseries. This one was in Dallas so for sure we have to find one in Salem.

springcolor said:We could hit a few for sure but, I think Lynn will keep us busy visiting nurseries. .

Lynn keeping you all" busy at nurseries" would be a dream come true for a few of us, I'm sure

Yes she "zoomed" us all over the area to get to nurseries in a limited time frame! Bev, hoping you'll join us next year!! It was a fun time, even being in the thrift store with Spring, calling out to one another - hey did you see this?? Hey will this work for what you're looking for? etc. to the point that one of the employees asked us if we wanted one of the plant type things she had in a cart (I think a new item that just came in!) haha

Does sound like you all had fun. Would like to find out next year's dates...