{"id":70762,"date":"2016-01-14T20:46:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T00:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=70762"},"modified":"2018-05-24T19:14:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T23:14:02","slug":"concrete-containers-by-dustin-gimbel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=70762","title":{"rendered":"concrete containers by Dustin Gimbel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big><a href=\"http:\/\/secondnaturegardendesign.com\/Second_Nature\/Home.html\">Dustin&#8217;s<\/a> Facebook feed is showing lots of new work, and I just had to pop over to see what he&#8217;s been up to, even if it was almost too late in the afternoon for photos.<\/p>\n<p>Invariably, whenever I post on Dustin, I get inquiries about his work, running the gamut from private individuals to public garden directors.  If there&#8217;s any questions, you can contact him at: dustingimbel@mac.com.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010342_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010342_2.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I understood correctly, the concrete is a special formulation with some kind of fibers that allows him to play with a range of shapes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010337.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010337.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010305.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010305.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010315.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010315.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010353.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010353.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010324.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010324.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not made by Dustin but in keeping with the theme.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010306.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010306.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course I had to check out his plants too, because there&#8217;s always something new.  For example, a client didn&#8217;t like this variegated Italian Buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus), so Dustin brought it home.  Thank goodness he has lots of other creative outlets to balance out the occasional disagreeable client.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010310.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010310.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The always envy-inducing variegated ponytail palm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010351.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010351.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hulk of the cherimoya tree, painted a cheery yellow, now supports a hanging garden of rhipsalis, tillandsias, bromeliads.  When the tree was alive, it rained down vast amounts of messy, fly-attractiing fruit.  In its afterlife it&#8217;s become one of my favorite things in his garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010331.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010331.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fading light reflecting off the pond.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010332.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010332.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love how Dustin teams up extravagantly beautiful plants with containers made of simple geometric shapes.  The plain geometry of the containers is a wonderful counterpoint to the complex, exuberant geometry of plants.   <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/january2016\/1-P1010341-001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo 1-P1010341-001.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin&#8217;s Facebook feed is showing lots of new work, and I just had to pop over to see what he&#8217;s been up to, even if it was almost too late in the afternoon for photos. 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