Last year I blogged about finding a set of half-circle shutters at a vintage sale. I said I wanted to emulate my friend Baylor Chapman’s succulent-planted shutters that grace her outdoor terrace in San Francisco. People have emailed me, asking if I EVER finished that project, much to my chagrin!
But finally, now that we’ve settled into a permanent residence, I’ve been able to work on this project. The shutters have been cleaned, painted, turned into vertical succulent planters, mounted outside my office windows and stuffed with sedums and sempervivums. Let’s see how they look:
Step one: Paint the shutters. I used semigloss acrylic berry-red, the paint used for my home’s exterior trim
Step Two: Staple landscaping cloth to the back of both shutters.
Step Three: Mount shutter and fill the “slots” with potting soil.Step Four: Plant with hardy sedums and other succulents.
Step Four: Plant with hardy sedums and other succulents.
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