Man, this is silly to admit, but I never thought flowers/plants might not grow as well in pots as opposed to the ground. I assumed they were similar to fish and their bowls. (It's said that a fish will tend to grow in size relative to it's environment.) Flowers and plants are the opposite though? Each type or species needs a certain amount of space? Very cool.
Another thing that stood out to me was not only the idea of arranging flowers and plants in a container, but then arranging those containers into their own arrangement. Saying it out loud makes so much sense, but I'd never thought about it that way either. This is such a wonderful way to think about it. Like getting a box of crayons for the first time after having used a pencil for so many years.
Very excited to see what you come up with in the next year with both flowers AND pots! (May the Stoop Gods shine down on you.)
Ha ha, well I never knew that about fish! :) I had no idea that they stayed small if in a small bowl--much cooler than a plant staying small! I think some plants are happy in a pot but most would be happier with more space to spread their roots. But I can grow more plants in containers than I initially thought I could, so that's good!
Yeah! The even crazier part is that the whole container "arranging" thing is a lot of times inspired by how you'd arrange flowers in a vase. Lots of garden designers use that method too, even when they design flower beds in the ground.
And thank you so much! It's been a slow time of year for stoop finds, but once winter comes I'm hoping more people will start getting rid of their unwanted pots again :)
Man, this is silly to admit, but I never thought flowers/plants might not grow as well in pots as opposed to the ground. I assumed they were similar to fish and their bowls. (It's said that a fish will tend to grow in size relative to it's environment.) Flowers and plants are the opposite though? Each type or species needs a certain amount of space? Very cool.
Another thing that stood out to me was not only the idea of arranging flowers and plants in a container, but then arranging those containers into their own arrangement. Saying it out loud makes so much sense, but I'd never thought about it that way either. This is such a wonderful way to think about it. Like getting a box of crayons for the first time after having used a pencil for so many years.
Very excited to see what you come up with in the next year with both flowers AND pots! (May the Stoop Gods shine down on you.)
Ha ha, well I never knew that about fish! :) I had no idea that they stayed small if in a small bowl--much cooler than a plant staying small! I think some plants are happy in a pot but most would be happier with more space to spread their roots. But I can grow more plants in containers than I initially thought I could, so that's good!
Yeah! The even crazier part is that the whole container "arranging" thing is a lot of times inspired by how you'd arrange flowers in a vase. Lots of garden designers use that method too, even when they design flower beds in the ground.
And thank you so much! It's been a slow time of year for stoop finds, but once winter comes I'm hoping more people will start getting rid of their unwanted pots again :)
Hahah, I'm sure the fish/fish bowl thing is something I heard as a kid. I don't know how much truth there is to it.