Look! The Saucers Have Landed

Venice has some pretty spectacular gardens, but these elevated planters are a first for me. A newly landscaped house had these 3 saucers planted in the front yard this morning. A cross between ufo's and elongated mod sculpture, each saucer has drought tolerant plants packed inside with the whole thing resting on an iron base.

The house hasn't been 'done' yet, so these really look swanky by comparison. What do you think? These make me think more of public art than private, mainly because of the scale. Would you do this in your front yard?

-Laure

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The attack of the succulent-cacti alien overlords! I love Venice!

posted by gregory on August 7th 2007 at 8:46am
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looks like the work of Big Red Sun

www.bigredsun.com

posted by unvacuous on August 7th 2007 at 9:12am
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Unvacuous--
Thought the same thing since they park their truck around the corner. The cluster of plants seems right on--but the legs?!

posted by laure on August 7th 2007 at 9:25am
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Hi Laure - Try looking on their website and click on the asterik for garden design (not the digital portfolio link), then go to residential. Click on the 5th thumbnail to the ojai house. At the ninth picture there is a planter with legs exactly like the ones you posted.

Could also be another landscape designer who likes the alien succulent aesthetic that I don't know about. I'm a fan of creative landscapes so I applaud the effort, just hope the owners redo of the house complements the spacey front yard.

posted by unvacuous on August 7th 2007 at 4:14pm
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Thanks! If they redo the facade of the house, I'll post it too!

posted by laure on August 7th 2007 at 4:28pm
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