The debut version of my hanging vintage pie plate appeared in the garden back in 2016. Inspired by a trip to Lotusland, I put it together to highlight a few bromeliads. Here's what it looked like then...I never really loved that creation, there were too many elements. The plants felt secondary to the hanging structure and that is never my goal. The next iteration was better, much better. Here it is shortly after I put it together, still in the basement, as it was too early in the season for these plants to go outside...
Eventually those large cryptanthus bloomed and died off (they did leave behind babies), and after two years the whole thing was looking a little sad. It was time for Version 3.0, a project I tackled late last winter, here it is hanging in the Metapanax delavayi...
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