When you visit Eye of the Day Garden Design Center in Carpinteria, you’ll see a lot of things: authentic European and American terra cotta, statuary, fountains, a gift shop full of wonderful books and more. You’ll also see succulent planters designed by Mimi Richardson, whose eye for color, texture and scale has resulted in our…
Planters, Pots, and Containers
The Greeks are Back Again: Terra Cotta Pottery
Greek Pottery. Facts: Greece, particularly Crete, has a rich heritage in the art of ceramics, dating back about 12,000 years and passed from generation to generation to the present day. Earth and water are mixed until a workable clay is formed, then slowly the pots and urns are shaped and left to dry before being…
Reap What You Sow. In Containers.
Is it a wall? Is it a planter? Is it a garden? Are you old enough that kneeling in the garden is too much work? Are you so young that you want your privacy, but want it green? Are you frustrated because you want a garden but you don’t have the space? Look at these…
Topiaries in Terra Cotta part 2
Topiaries are somewhat unusual in the United States: they seem more formal and maybe even stuffy. Americans like instant gratification and so may be less interested in garden projects that might take years to complete, which is certainly an issue when training and pruning a plant into submission. The French love topiaries, “pruning” means “gardening”…
Topiaries, Terra Cotta and You
I was a lucky kid – my dad was a newsman with a press pass to Disneyland. Throughout my childhood and until our daughter, Daisy was in high school, I could count on a yearly visit. I’m now 59 and I still picture the bright gardens and the fanciful topiaries greeting every visitor to Disneyland. …
It’s Greek. Is It Antique?
Yasas! (Hello!) Eye of the Day’s only “hand thrown” pottery is our Greek terra cotta, still being produced on a wheel without electricity, powered only by hand and foot, using the same clay body and production methods used in Greece for millennia. Eye of the Day recently received a forty foot container of Greek pottery…
