by EyeoftheDay on June 17, 2013
Larry Walling of Bellissimo Architectural
Saturday @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm on June 22nd and 29th and July 6th
Bellissimo specializes in unique finishes and repair and restoration of antique surfaces including old stone and concrete. Larry will demonstrate how to re-finish old and new terra cotta and concrete pottery and fountains to look like new. Don’t miss this valuable DIY opportunity.
www.bellissimo-architectural-finishes.com
Rebecca Sweet, Garden Designer and Author of “Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces”
Saturday, July 13th @ 1:00 pm and Saturday July 14th @ 11:30 am
Rebecca will highlight a range of vertical gardening ideas (many found throughout Stanford Shopping Center); from innovative ways to use trellises to the best living wall systems for home gardeners using creative layering techniques for the skinniest spaces.
www.harmonyinthegarden.com
Stefani Bittner, co-author of “The Beautiful Edible Garden”
Saturday @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm on July 13th
Stefani will discuss how to add fruits, vegetables,herbs and edible flowers to your container plantings.
www.starappleediblegardens.com
Abby Garner, Pacific Horticultural Society
June 22 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Abby is a certified Master Gardener
will speak on low water gardening.
by EyeoftheDay on June 5, 2013
Is it a wall? Is it a planter? Is it a garden? Are you old enough that kneeling in the garden is too much work? Are you so young that you want your privacy, but want it green? Are you frustrated because you want a garden but you don’t have the space? Look at these fantastic planters, made to be stacked into a living wall. They are unlike any other living wall system being offered today, and they actually have room for years of sustainable growing. They are called Ortovaso – made by our fantastic terracotta manufacturer, Terrecotte San Rocco. Container gardening is accessible for almost any gardener and here’s why: Containers can be used when space is limited. They are suitable for almost any vegetable, herb or annual flower even if they demand large amounts of root-space. They can be placed to take advantage of sunny spots that aren’t suitable for raised beds or in-ground gardens. They need little or no weeding. They are portable, potable and pot-able and they will last forever.
Eye of the Day’s first pop-up location at the Stanford Shopping Center will take place June 14th through July 14th and one of our most important events on our Calendar of Events is a presentation on Saturday, July 13th by Star Apple Edible and Fine Gardening of the San Francisco Bay Area. Stefani Bittner and Leslie Bennett, co-founders of Star Apple will discuss how to grow organic fruits and vegetables, as well as make your garden a place of year-round beauty that is appealing, enjoyable, and most of all, functional.
Star Apple creates aesthetically designed, organic, edible gardens by providing landscape design, installation, and full-service maintenance and harvesting services – essentially whatever it takes to get you growing food.
They work to grow good, clean, organic food for their clients by building and protecting soil on site, planting and pruning for greater yields, and working with the natural ecosystems of the property to produce a dynamic, productive and beautiful garden. We hope that our Ortovaso might be included in their future designs.
Visit us at the Stanford Shopping Center and see what we are doing in containers: Italian terra cotta Ortovaso and more traditional Italian terra cotta, Greek terracotta, French planters and more. At the same time listen to Bay Area professionals talk about their passion and check out their new book, The Beautiful Edible Garden.
Not only is Eye of the Day bringing its show to the Stanford Shopping Center with its signature collection of pottery and garden ornaments from around the world, but we have invited a number of speakers for each weekend from June 14 to July 14. On Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14 our guest will be Rebecca Sweet, from Northern California’s Harmony In The Garden. She is a garden designer, author, speaker and a lifelong gardener who is passionate about design, plants and beautiful spaces. Rebecca’s signature “California Fusion” style blends the personal desires of her clients with regionally appropriate plants and California natives, resulting in gardens that are layered, lush and environmentally friendly. Her gardens have been featured in Sunset, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Woman’s Day, American Gardener, and Country Almanac as well as regional newspapers and publications. Rebecca has also been a radio guest on GardenLife and Martha Stewart Living and has been featured on the critically acclaimed PBS series Growing a Greener World. In addition, Rebecca has written Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces, an Amazon bestseller.
On Friday, July 12 Rebecca’s presentation will emphasize Eye of the Day pottery in “Wake Your Weary Garden – Using Color, Texture & Form”. With emphasis on creative uses of containers, Rebecca Sweet will help you discover the art of weaving together the basic design principles of color, texture and form to transform your garden into a rich and layered tapestry.
Her presentation on Saturday will be “Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces”. Rebecca will highlight a range of vertical gardening ideas (many found throughout Stanford Shopping Center); from innovative ways to use trellises to the best living wall systems for home gardeners using creative layering techniques for the skinniest of areas. We can’t wait!
by EyeoftheDay on May 18, 2013
Eye of the Day has something new. French, but not Anduze pottery. Beautiful colors, but not Gladding McBean containers. Great for the outdoor lifestyle, but having nothing to do with fountains. We just received shipment of French bistro tables, chairs and benches to add to our already expansive collection of garden pottery and garden accessories from France, Italy, Greece and the U.S.
Folding outdoor furniture was developed at the end of the nineteenth century and was popular among sidewalk lemonade sellers of the day because it was easy to pick up and pack away, allowing the peripatetic merchants to avoid paying a license for a permanent address.
The bistro, or “Simplex” chair was patented in1889 by Eduouard Lecler. The infamous Montmartre artist district in Paris has contributed immensely to this chair’s Parisian mark on French garden and outdoor furniture: oh, the Parisian painter, his easel and canvas, baguette and wine, and that chair. And its typically French style has won fans in Times Square and Bryant Park in New York City, too.
Eye of the Day is going French for your patio as well as your garden. Not only do we have bistro tables in four sizes to go along with the classic chair, but also some small people sets and matching benches for your patio, you provide the escargot. The colors are astounding: Chili, Verbena, Poppy Red, Fjord Blue, Paprika, Plum, Lemon, Willow Green. Definitely something for everyone. We are excited to have the French tables and chairs arrive in time to accompany us to our first pop-up store at the Stanford Shopping Center June 14 – July 14, so if you can’t make it to Carpinteria to see them, catch up with Eye of the Day in Palo Alto.
