Every year we place pots outside the Community House in Birmingham in celebration of their Our Town Art Show and Sale.  This event is not only an art show, it is a fundraiser.  The money they raise goes to support any and all of their community outreach programs.  We are not only happy to lend a hand, we enjoy it.  I like to create an atmosphere of celebration with these, and all of our fall container plantings.  Fall is a fete and fandango in Michigan that features incredible weather and great color.

These flower arrangements in pie pumpkins went to decorate the tables at Roast downtown.  The event- the fall Gala for the Greening of Detroit.  Their gala celebrates the people and events that have contributed to the success of their programs.  The fall gardening season is a celebration of the harvest, a final fiery display of color that precedes the first hard frost, and a time to plant for the future.  We are doing lots of fall planting in the landscape.  Soon it will be time to plant bulbs for spring.

We have finished all of our fall container plantings for this year, save one project coming up next week.  To follow is a sampling of the work.

bucket of swiss chard

pink mini-mum ball with rose pink pansy mix

rosemary, alyssum, and green gourds

fall container

red bor kale and bittersweet

the pink door

Rob’s grow sphere with a gourd and pansies

fall container arrangement

potted pumpkin

broom corn, eucalyptus, cabbage and kale

fall window box

purple chrysanthemum

grapevine and gourds

ruffly red cabbage

green millet

dyed yellow twigs

pumpkin pot

lavender, green, and white

fall containers

black eucalyptus

black twigs