In the Garden-Don't fight Mother Nature

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Succulents cast with gypsum cement by artisan

Michelle Weddle of Waterstone Succulents via Etsy

(found via Anthology Magazine)

Each summer, the urn by our backdoor is filled with algerian ivy and a white geranium.  And each summer...both are fried in the summer heat

Too busy being a Mother to fight Mother Nature, I recently filled our urn with drought and heat tolerant succulents.  Like the cast succulents featured above...nearly indestructible

Much more welcoming than a crispy tangle of ivy and spent blooms

Like a living sculpture outside our door

Composed of various colors and textures...sheet moss filling the voids

More Mother Nature inspired sculptures

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Succulents have slowly replaced my indoor plants as well...but that's another post