The Making of a Greek Pot This month I’m going to discuss a tool that has captured my imagination for nearly 40 years: THE POTTER’S WHEEL. It started for me in Orange County California in 1976 at Irvine High School. For my P.E. class I was taking surfing and the instructor also taught Ceramics. It…
Contained in our blog, Eye on the Garden, you will find interviews with garden professionals, landscape architects, designers and contractors discussing topics ranging from water conservation, how they choose a particular planter, to their design aesthetic. We also often include a story on one of our manufacturers or a new shipment that has arrived at Eye of the Day. We like to showcase garden related books in a monthly review and share a seasonal recipe and cocktail. Brent shares his wanderings in and out of his garden and we’re always on the lookout for new topics to discuss in Eye on the Garden.
Rebecca Sweet On Shades of Gray in the Garden
One of my favorite gardens that I designed a few years ago is a great example of how you can replace a water-thirsty lawn with lush looking, and less thirsty, plants. One of the most successful strategies we used was to swap out the turf lawn and install a drought-tolerant Dymondia margaratea ‘lawn’ in its…
Summer 2015 Garden Design Magazine Review
GARDEN DESIGN: QUICK! GRAB YOURSELF A COPY! Eye of the Day has been involved with the publication Garden Design magazine for many years. The latest iteration of this “magazine” is quarterly and feels more like a book than a periodical. There is absolutely no advertising to interrupt the flow of articles and inspiring photographs. My eye…
Garden Cocktails: A Refreshing Summer Rickey Recipe
Make this and drink it now! (or maybe later): It’s good for you and your garden Summer. It’s hot, it’s the weekend and you would like to have a tall, icy drink outside next to the garden you have worked in all day. At least, Brent has worked in it all day. Daisy and I…
Eye of the Day’s Edible Container Gardening Workshop
Eye of the Day Garden Design Center is pleased to announce an Edible Container Gardening Workshop right here at our store. It will be conducted by Oscar Carmona of Healing Grounds Nursery and Sagar Faucheaux of The Conscious Gardener. When: Saturday, June 27th Time: 3-4 PM Where: Eye of the Day Garden Design Center,…
Top Your Pot with Tumbled Terracotta
TOP YOUR POT WITH TUMBLED TERRACOTTA You have a beautiful citrus tree and a beautiful pot, together making a perfect statement piece, but maybe there’s something to make it even better from a design standpoint and for water conservation. Design professionals typically use under-planting to finish the look of a tree or tall plant in…
