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Green at the Fair

09 Jul 2010 4 Comments

by nadiaqh in Garden Design, Garden Projects, Photography Tags: Landscape Exhibits, Living Wall, nadia's san diego garden blog, San Diego County Fair, Succulent Display, Vertical Garden

S.D.County Fair

Last weeks road trip was to the San Diego County Fair which takes place each year from June 11th to July 5th in Del Mar, CA. This year the landscape and garden exhibits were water wise and full of really interesting succulent displays. I enjoyed the creativity that went into each design and came home with new inspiration and ideas for future plantings.

One of my favorites was this simple Coca Cola carrier with mixed succulents and a glass coke bottle wedged in the middle and pouring out a ‘string of pearls’:

Coca Cola Case with Succulents

Another crowd favorite were the xeriscapes of ‘living walls’  filled with sedum, aeoniums and echeveria etc. clustered together to create patterns and texture on the palates:

Exhibit: Living Wall including Sedum rupestre, Trailing Rosemary, Salvia officinalis, Echeveria rosea, Purple Sage, Tricolor Sage and others.

A clever use of fountains filled with a nice assortment of succulents~

Fountain of Succulents

Succulents fill a fountain

3 Tier Plant Stand with a waterfall effect

Using the same concept as the living wall, this display (below/middle) is filled with garden herbs and vegetables~ A Vertical Garden:

Living Wall: Succulent Tower

Close up View of Succulent Tower

Vertical Garden: Living Wall San Diego County Fair (Lettuce, Tomato, Cilantro, Sage, Basil, Herbs)

My husband even won me a koala bear at the basketball game booth~

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