I'm not sure what you mean by lava rocks seriously messing with drainage. The pots still drain well. The pots are four feet high.
Landscape fabric = weed barrier cloth.
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE