Tag Archives: ceramics

scenes from the popup (big thank you!)

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Denise

photos by MB Maher Here’s a look at the tables as they were first set up, before the sale. Dustin Gimbel’s footed “log” pots were a big hit and sold out. (Luckily, you can find the “Gimbel Marbelized Trunk Planter” … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, commerce, design, garden ornament, MB Maher, photography, plant nurseries, plant sales, pop-up, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged Albuca spiralis, ceramics, Dustin Gimbel Designs, Eric Trine, Grigsby Cactus Gardens, Hazel Jewelry, Heal the Bay, Kevin Sheby Half Light Bindery, Phylica pubescens, Potted gifts for the garden, Rhipsalis crispata, River LA, Surfrider Foundation, Theodore Payne Foundation, Urban Americana, Wilder California | 7 Comments

catching up with Dustin Gimbel

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Denise

This has really been Dustin’s year, and I think a recap is in order. Dustin Gimbel, Second Nature Garden Design In early 2017 Dustin and Potted launched his Point Pot. Long Beach’s own “communal dining space,” Steelcraft, let us play … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, design, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers | Tagged 2017 Southern California Spring Garden Show, ceramics, Dustin Gimbel Second Nature Garden Design, Fermob, Malcom McLean, Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour, shipping containers, Steelcraft, The Point Pot | 19 Comments

The Point Pot

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Denise

If you’re an Instagram fan of garden designer/ceramicist Dustin Gimbel and/or Potted, LA’s premiere source for stylish plant containers and garden furniture, you’ll know that they’ve been collaborating for some time on the first mass-produced offering of one of Dustin’s … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, design, pots and containers | Tagged California pottery, ceramics, Dustin Gimbel Second Nature Garden Design, Potted For Outdoor Living, The Point Pot | 6 Comments

a holiday visit with Dustin Gimbel

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Denise

Now that garden designer Dustin Gimbel has branched off into ceramics, I can buy a few holiday presents and visit his incredibly inspiring garden. Coming in the little side gate, there’s this silvery vision of Acacia pendula, faced down by … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, design, garden visit, pots and containers | Tagged ceramics, Dustin Gimbel, Frankenia thymifolia | 10 Comments

end of month fav’s

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Denise

Plants and pottery, the twin joys of life. These are the cantaloupe bowls I’ve been coveting off Dustin Gimbel’s Instagram feed for some time. He’s selling them today at the Artistic License show held at Estancia Park, 1900 Adams Ave., … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, plant crushes, Plant Portraits, pots and containers | Tagged ceramics, Dustin Gimbel Designs, Passiflora 'Flying V', pottery | 8 Comments

tithonia for Clarice Cliff

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Denise

I’m still cutting buckets of tithonia from the community garden plot and filling every vase in the house, even those I usually leave empty, like this museum reissue of a Clarice Cliff vase, the 20th century British ceramic artist famous … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, cut flowers, design | Tagged Bloomsbury, ceramics, Clarice Cliff, Tithonia rotundifolia | 1 Comment

notes from the Venice Home & Garden Tour 2013

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Denise

Postcards from Venice Home & Garden Tour 2013

Posted in design, garden visit, succulents | Tagged Bowiea volubilis, Brad Miller, California, ceramics, Euphorbia ammak, HardieBacker board, Mollie Favour, Venice, Venice Home & Garden Tour 2013 | 7 Comments