Showing posts with label Australian Gardening Trends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian Gardening Trends. Show all posts

Saturday, May 10, 2014

The Thrilla from Attila

Succulent expert and Australian garden designer Attila Kapitany gave a talk last Thursday night at the San Gabriel Valley Cactus and Succulent Society meeting. It was fascinating and it embraced what is sure to become a trend here: using succulent plants not as museum pieces but as design elements for a new paradigm of water conserving art that until now has been called 'landscaping'.

Using the textures, colors, shapes and emotional impact of succulent plants he toured us through a plethora of different outdoor design elements that are becoming popular in Australia and, in my opinion, are the key to the future of landscaping here in Southern California. Here is a video of Attila talking about these different design elements (FYI video has wind/audio problems):


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