Blurred Vision

“When you have a chance can you give me a call about the window boxes?”

Not necessarily the kind of message you want to hear when returning to the office after a particularly long day.  Immediately the ominous tone got my stomach churning. What I thought was a great day was suddenly turning into a not-so-great day.

The morning had started very early. Said client had window boxes on a very busy street and we needed to get in and out before there was lots of traffic and parking spaces were at a premium. 

I always love to use unexpected and unusual plant material in my designs. And with this client I was particularly excited about the potential of a new color palette.

 

I was using purples, peaches and oranges and showcasing a very cool geranium. Because the location baked in the sun I was using lots of silvers, which are typically very drought tolerant.

 

As my assistant and I were planting, many passersby remarked on how pretty the window boxes looked.

I agreed and was secretly thrilled with how they turned out. It’s one thing to plan in your head but quite another to see things actually planted. In my opinion, these planters, which were the first I had done for this client, were a home run.