Portland Yard, Garden and Patio Show

Spent yesterday at the Portland Yard, Garden and Patio show.

My favorite display used a lot of natural woodland materials, 

including a downed log with woodpecker cavities.  

We have a downed woodpecker snag up in the woods.

Woodpeckers are no longer using it.

I am thinking we need to drag it down here.

Lots of succulents and sedums.

This chair from Bauman's Farm.

Novel, in that it is a useable chair,not just a crafty one.

Our woodstack does not look like this.

More sedums.

 Tom and Grace from August Cellars.

Nice friends, good wine.

Love the addition of the McCall bumper sticker.

Grace noted that had it not been for Tom McCall and Oregon's land use planning, 

there might not be an August Cellars vineyard or winery.

I didn't buy much, a few metal letters, and a few bulbs,

but lots of great yard and garden ideas.

An old pickup truck used as a garden structure.

Several chicken sheds that make me want to keep chickens.

The "cracked pots" artists were there showcasing the art of garbage.

Lots of recycling of old metal into garden art.

Cold frames to prolong the growing season, made of so many different materials.

I think what I like most is when utilitarian objects..such as the woodpile, 

an old roof covered with soil and plants, interesting storage for garden tools...

are done in such a manner as to be visually attractive and fun.