Succulents by Vreeke

Seaside Gardens

Saturday morning visit to Seaside Gardens and Nursery

Found this Nursery and Garden on Tripadvisor and Yelp.

#1 nursery in the area and they aren't kidding. This place is wonderful!
Plan to spend 2 hours checking out the nursery and the 3 acre garden.

Retail Sale Area

Succulents for Sale

Greenhouse retail area

This nursery is fully stocked with everything from vegetables & herbs to California natives and succulents.

Beautiful aloe striata cross growing in the Succulent Gardens

Oxalis regnellii atropurpurea

Euphorbia milii

Their stock of pottery and lawn art is fabulous.

Beautiful Wood Pots

If you are ever driving up the 101 fwy and have time to stop in Carpenteria,
I would definitely recommend Seaside Gardens.

Aeonium Flowering!

Just wanted to share my flowering Aeonium!

Succulents are amazing plants!

Waterwise Botanicals Succulent Celebration

April 13, 2019

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Celebration!

AND

What a great celebration it was.

All the speakers and Demos were very informative.

While I was there, I went shopping for a few plants I needed. There is no place better for buying succulents than the growing grounds in Northern San Diego County.

Did a bit of shopping for some cute items also.

I was lucky enough to help out with the succulent landscape demonstration by the amazing

Laura Eubanks of Design for Serenity.

Laura talked for over an hour to a large crowd. Covering items such as plant placement, boulders, driftwood, foundation plants. She than demonstrated placement and planting of succulent tapestry plants.

Once she stopped talking all us volunteers planted the rest of the tapestry plants. 3 hours later and well over another 100 tapestry plans, we stopped for the day. Sunday Laura and the volunteers will place all the top dressing rocks and finish off the display.

Spent some time shopping thru all the vendor tents. Lot of great items for the succulent lover.

Large display of driftwood for sale from Driftwood Larry, the king of driftwood.

It's always nice spending time with the Queens of Succulents.

Laura Eubanks and Debra Lee Baldwin.

Thanks ladies for sharing all your knowledge with us!

Southern California Harbor Succulents

Succulent Landscape Installation

Home located about 1 mile inland from the beach in Southern California.

This was a brand new home construction with lots of things to consider when working on this design. The right side of the house which faces North and had an adjacent home only 10 feet away getting very little sunlight.
During the summer the side of the home only receives about an hour of light.
Quite the challenge when working with succulents.

Hybrid Bromeliads were a great pick and came in many colors. These hybrid Bromeliads do not die off after flowering like the common variety found in local stores. They thrive in the shade and filtered sun. We also planted different varieties of Aeoniums which are also thriving.

Added a bit of fake grass in the back end in case the dog has to relieve herself.

A large piece of Driftwood which reminded me of a Seahorse on its back, along with white Creeva and blue glass added to the ocean theme. (Schattzi approved of the look)

The front of the home we had areas on either side of the driveway to deal with. The right side the driveway is adjacent to the neighbors planter, so we had to make it flow into their planter. Luckily there are a lot of mature palms that framed our succulent garden.

To the left of this planter, we were dealing with a very unsightly large utility box, a very tall electric box on a pole and the cable and telephone boxes mounted to the neighbors home.
Basically we just ignored it all and worked around it.

Potted Plants were placed at the front gate, at the front door and also on the back deck. All are thriving after 1 year. These are watered only occasionally.

Succulent Hanging Box

Succulent Hanging Boxes

This is a really creative way to make a hanging or table top succulent box.

The wooden boxes were purchased at Michael's crafts.

We then cut a large heart shaped hole in the top of the hinged box. Any shape can be cut out ie: heart, circle, square, star or even multiple holes to make a pattern.

Purchase some wire mesh from your local hardware store make it large enough to cover the entire inside of the hole(s). Secure with staple gun on inside of box or just press into box top.

Stuff enough Spagnum moss into to moss so it is really stuffed tight in the box. Close and latch the lid.

Then using clear tacky glue, glue succulent plants thru mesh screen of cut-out. The more you stuff in, the better it will look.

Set the filled box flat for about a week, to allow for glue to dry and plants to start rooting themself to the moss.

Once you feel comfortable that the plants will stay put, hang or sit box upright.

Spritz the succulent once a week. These plans do not require much water. Filtered sun is usually best, but succulents will usually tolerate all conditions except over watering.

Have fun!

Laura Eubanks Workshop

My love of succulents first began at a Succulent Workshop I organized in Thousand Oaks, California.
The workshop was taught by the amazing Laura Eubanks of Design For Serenity.

It was a great afternoon, spend with a dozen participants who enjoyed watching Laura create a succulent paradise in the backyard of a Thousand Oaks home.