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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Visiting The Barn

On a recent garden day of garden touring in the Olympia area, Alison and I stopped at The Barn Nursery.  Alison visited once before and posted about it here but I'd never had the pleasure. 

Sempervivums fit in just about anywhere.  What's not to love about these versatile plants.  Cute house planter.

The nursery is full of wonderful plants and great found object surprises like this one.

Well designed and nicely settled in water feature.

Speaking of interesting designs, I'd never seen a pot quite like this one.  Looks almost like a lotus seed head.  My first inclination was agave in the middle with an interesting collection of small succulents in the smaller holes.  What would you plant in this pot?  Spring bulbs would also look sweet in this planter. 

Interesting stacking pots.

There really were some great plants here but the interesting objects were pretty attention grabbing!
 
 
 I've a feeling that mine is not the only family who would find this funny.

I can think of a million and one uses for this pot!   O.K. maybe a few less than that but it's pretty funk o licious.

More interesting objects.

Crazy about these multi-rayed spheres.  Yes, a return visit is in order!

By the Fred Conlon, the same artist who gave us the Gnome Be Gone,  comes this cool piece which seems to be consuming Ciscoe Morris's book.

Some mornings are just like that, Mr. Onion.

Do they also sell a slug bait ornament?

What a great  piece & fun for displaying a few things.

This is a working wood stove that gets used in the winter. 

This place is for the birds, literally!

Nice old Monarch stove!

I may have to go back for this fellow.  Looks like he might scare the pesky raccoons away!

It was time to leave all too soon but we had more gardens to tour and didn't want to miss any.  I'll post later about the gardens which were surely worth the trip!

Happy Monday all!

34 comments:

  1. What a wonderful nursery, and I didn't even see the plants!
    I'm catching up to blog reading, slowly. Your two previous posts, full of foliage and flowers, are just wonderful. Such beauty, and such wonderful photography!

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    1. It's funny, there were great plants there and I even carried around a gorgeous hosta for a while but the stuff was really cool! Thanks for the compliment about my photography.

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  2. Happy Monday! They did have such cool ornaments here! I loved that Beethoven head too (I think it's Beethoven). Or maybe it's just meant to be Zeus or some Nordic god.

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    1. It's true that Beethoven had that windblown look but I think this is someone else as the facial features are quite different. Wonder where I'd put him?

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  3. Peter, what a wonderful tour to Barn! I love the picture of water feature, Mr.Onion, the last photo of clock. I love all!

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    1. Thank you, Nadezda! Mr. Onion is delightful and I also loved that clock! Happy Tuesday!

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  4. Fun! I'll have one of EVERYTHING, please.

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    1. I'll just get a big stamp and mail the whole place to you! So many nifty things.

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  5. Great stuff!!!! So many interesting and creative pieces here. TFS

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    1. It's always fun to see the different kinds of things that nurseries carry and a pleasure to share with you!

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  6. They have some fun stuff but the water feature or pond wins!

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    1. That pond is wonderful! I always think of you two and your new koi pond project when I see something gorgeous like that.

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  7. I love a nursery with interesting things, Mr Onion takes the cake.

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    1. The fellow who made that has done a whole line of cute and funny things. I usually buy one every other year or so.

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  8. Looks like a fun place! Love the pot with all the different holes, and the frowning man. He definitely need some spiky hair!

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    1. It was a hoot! That pot really got me to thinking about how to plant it up.

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  9. What a cool place! I'm all about that lotus seed pot for showcasing succulents. Love it! I'd be spending all my time looking at the decor with the plants second. Great post!

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    1. Thanks. There really were lots of plants there too but the décor was way cool!

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  10. So many nurseries and chachki shops, so little time! Please no Christmas ornaments yet though. Let's stay with the garden theme for at least the forseeable future :).

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    1. OMG, you said the C word! Yikes, let's not even think about that. I'm still hopeful that summer will last all year.

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  11. I think sitting around that wood stove in winter, swapping tales of garden adventures, would be super.

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    1. That would be sweet. I'll meet you there in January!

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  12. Ooh, I love places like this with all the goods. I'd love to know how they keep that moss by the pond so green and luscious during the hot months. So pretty!

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    1. Places like this are so much fun and the people there were equally nice. I think the moss is a thyme so it can handle the summer sun and a little dryness.

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  13. Happy Monday to you too! nice things

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  14. What a wonderful, whimsical place! I think I would do similar things with that pot! The owners are certainly creative.

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    1. The owners seem to have fun with their place which makes it fun for us, too!

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  15. Great idea with succulents :)
    Other ideas are also great!
    Very interesting pictures! Good quality.

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  16. Those shoes are great! I have a bunch of old shoes I can't bring myself to throw away. I wouldn't put sempervivums in them, but maybe Euphorbia. Not sure about the guy with the hollowed out head, he looks like a kill-joy. Anybody ask him why the long face?

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    1. Perhaps you could hang the shoes from some branches and when people ask, you could tell them that it's your shoe tree. Oh Jason, you slay me!

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  17. Such intriguing images... thanks for sharing!

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