Back in the day, I spent as much time studying interior design as horticulture. While still a single lady my home was regularly reworked – new things brought in, style changes – anything was fair game. I had a friend once tell me she never visited the same place twice when coming to my home. Then I got married. While my husband largely leaves the interior choices up to me, it is is home too. Thus my free-wheeling design and acquisition skills have moved outside, to the garden – where I'm in charge. Why am I telling you this? Well it's a little back story on why I hadn't planned to visit the Modernica showroom while in Los Angeles. I wanted to, after all their designs are gorgeous – and they've been very generous with me (sending me containers not once, but twice). However with limited time to explore on my own a nursery called out to me even louder (after all, I am a plant addict). Sooooo imagine my glee when I discovered the Moderincia showroom was just down the street a bit from Rolling Greens. Happy me!!!
We start at the nursery, which used to be a tire shop...
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But not anymore...
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Although it seems rather obvious I will appease the purists who might take issue with my calling this a nursery. They don't raise the plants, they sell the plants...
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Notice the clever way they built up an area for gravel. It's much more garden-like than a boring old parking lot.
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Birdbath becomes planter...
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Again...
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And again...
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I am a sucker for an outdoor courtyard.
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This one was good, very good.
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Grevillea fililoba
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I've heard a few people trash-talking Rolling Greens. I think because they're as much about indoor decor as actual plants. Maybe even more so...however there is a place for both, don't you think? (I obviously do - see intro paragraph). These bins are full of fake plants. Kinda fun, kinda make me shudder.
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Fake flowers too...
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I would have bought one of these, if not for the fact we were flying home and I didn't want to worry about breakage.
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Nice set-up!
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Indoor plant area...
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Love...
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Love...
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Bromeliads steal my heart every time.
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Check these out...
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The tiniest ornamental kale ever seen! Would have been fun for The OC&K Challenge...
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Hmmm...kinda like the driftwood tree.
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And all the galvanized metal...
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Moving back outdoors and admiring some planted up containers.
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Now it's time to stroll up the street, towards Modernica.
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Fabulous street-side moat!
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And I'm there...
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This was one of those déjà vu moments. I recognize this scene, I've been here...but I've not been here. Ah, that's it! I shared this image from Modernica on Facebook during the Poinsettia Challenge...
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Sigh...so much MCM beauty!
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I want one of their Case Study planters in every size! Although not in white...they had a new colorway I loved, pebble, that I failed to get a shot of. And of course charcoal is a classic.
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Be still my heart! Those planters and one of my all time favorite architectural photos by Julius Shulman.
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I've never really found myself attracted to glass, I'm more of a pottery person (no doubt you already knew that). Seeing these all together though I couldn't help but be drawn in to study them.
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On the left: The Brasilia Lounge...want! No I didn't sit down, are you kidding? I would have never gotten back up again and there was more L.A. to explore!
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In fact on the way back to the car I passed this cute shop.
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Tillandsia on the sidewalk! I wonder about theft?
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Welcoming indeed.
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And that's where this post ended.
But then the UPS man showed up at my door with a very interesting box...OMG!
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My contact at Modernica, Ingrid, and I had exchanged emails after she saw I was in Los Angeles. I mentioned I'd stopped by the store and loved the new "pebble" colorway. I also commented on how cute the new desktop Case Study planter was. Guess what she sent me...
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Thank you so much Ingrid and Modernica! I am over-the-moon excited about this little guy, and how handy that the annual Portland Nursery Houseplant Sale starts the end of this week...
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All material © 2009-2016 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
We start at the nursery, which used to be a tire shop...
But not anymore...
Although it seems rather obvious I will appease the purists who might take issue with my calling this a nursery. They don't raise the plants, they sell the plants...
Notice the clever way they built up an area for gravel. It's much more garden-like than a boring old parking lot.
Birdbath becomes planter...
Again...
And again...
I am a sucker for an outdoor courtyard.
This one was good, very good.
Grevillea fililoba
I've heard a few people trash-talking Rolling Greens. I think because they're as much about indoor decor as actual plants. Maybe even more so...however there is a place for both, don't you think? (I obviously do - see intro paragraph). These bins are full of fake plants. Kinda fun, kinda make me shudder.
Fake flowers too...
I would have bought one of these, if not for the fact we were flying home and I didn't want to worry about breakage.
Nice set-up!
Indoor plant area...
Love...
Love...
Bromeliads steal my heart every time.
Check these out...
The tiniest ornamental kale ever seen! Would have been fun for The OC&K Challenge...
Hmmm...kinda like the driftwood tree.
And all the galvanized metal...
Moving back outdoors and admiring some planted up containers.
Now it's time to stroll up the street, towards Modernica.
Fabulous street-side moat!
And I'm there...
This was one of those déjà vu moments. I recognize this scene, I've been here...but I've not been here. Ah, that's it! I shared this image from Modernica on Facebook during the Poinsettia Challenge...
Sigh...so much MCM beauty!
I want one of their Case Study planters in every size! Although not in white...they had a new colorway I loved, pebble, that I failed to get a shot of. And of course charcoal is a classic.
Be still my heart! Those planters and one of my all time favorite architectural photos by Julius Shulman.
I've never really found myself attracted to glass, I'm more of a pottery person (no doubt you already knew that). Seeing these all together though I couldn't help but be drawn in to study them.
On the left: The Brasilia Lounge...want! No I didn't sit down, are you kidding? I would have never gotten back up again and there was more L.A. to explore!
In fact on the way back to the car I passed this cute shop.
Tillandsia on the sidewalk! I wonder about theft?
Welcoming indeed.
And that's where this post ended.
But then the UPS man showed up at my door with a very interesting box...OMG!
My contact at Modernica, Ingrid, and I had exchanged emails after she saw I was in Los Angeles. I mentioned I'd stopped by the store and loved the new "pebble" colorway. I also commented on how cute the new desktop Case Study planter was. Guess what she sent me...
Thank you so much Ingrid and Modernica! I am over-the-moon excited about this little guy, and how handy that the annual Portland Nursery Houseplant Sale starts the end of this week...
All material © 2009-2016 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.