Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

A preview of 'Gardens by the Bay' in Singapore - two weeks until we leave on our trip.

Pacific Orchid Expo

The Pacific Orchid Expo hit San Francisco this past weekend.
Lots of beautiful orchids .
The San Francisco Bromeliad Society was invited to install a display table top garden and to have a sales booth.

I just got home from packing up the show ... I'm bushed.

Here are a few photos of the display garden that several members of the club worked on.

From bromeliad table-scape

From bromeliad table-scape

From bromeliad table-scape

Entrance vignette to the show : it was in celebration of the golden gate bridge

From bromeliad table-scape

From bromeliad table-scape

One of the orchid exhibits

From bromeliad table-scape

Mock ups for the upcoming Garden Show in S.F.

Slowing chipping away at building the modular units for the upcoming S.F. Garden show that is opening its doors to the public in late March.

The space that I am working within is a tiny 4x8 area. There will be about 8 or 10 of these spaces and they are being called " Small Space Gardens".

The basic layout :
3 boxes - A plinth for the buddha, a 2x6 planter and a small water basin.

From 2012 garden show

A preliminary planting mock up using plants from my container garden collection :

From 2012 garden show

There will be a simple overhead arbor that I will hang tillandsias from and mount some lighting .

I'm also working on a small vertical garden, 1x3 , that will be inset into the back wall

From 2012 garden show

So far it is bits and pieces and a couple of design concepts

I was invited to install a small 4x8 garden space at the 2012 San Francisco Garden show that will be open to the public in late March at the San Mateo Event Center.

At this time I am exploring a variety of design concepts , doing cost analysis studies , gathering found objects and puttering in the studio and greenhouse.

I’ve narrowed it down to 2 options and I’’m leaning toward # 2 because it has a simple overhead arbor and judging from past shows, the lighting is lacking in design so I will need to design my own lighting system.

option 1 - probably not

From 2012 garden show

option 2 - potentially yes.

From 2012 garden show

The space is small 4x8 .
Color , texture and visual impact is paramount.
the background color :

From 2012 garden show

A little sculptural interest

From 2012 garden show

From 2012 garden show

Horticulturally I will be emphasizing Bromeliads adaptable for the Bay Area, succulents and orchids.
A small vertical window of bromeliads , orchids and perhaps a nepenthe will be set into the back wall.

From 2012 garden show

From 2012 garden show

From 2012 garden show

From 2012 garden show

So many plant choices !
Inside the greenhouse

From 2012 garden show