Succulent Gardens in Castroville CA had some really cool container ideas. Their wall panels are even available online.
Rusty Rim
Succulent Gardens has a bunch of found object full of succulents. This old rusty car rim has a nice variety of Sedum, and Sempervivum (Hen and Chicks).
Wall of Succulents
The weather was moody when we visited. Even in overcast sun, this well established succulent wall popped. To give you some scale (not the pest LOL), it was constructed with 12 panels each about 2 x 2 feet…or the total size was about 4 feet tall, 12 feet long.
Living pictures
They had many of their Redwood Living Picture frames on display. Above you can see the two standard sizes they carry, and they are constructed out of reclaimed old Redwood lumber.
Mi casa es su casa
A funky little terracotta bowl with Sedum, Sempervivum, and Echeveria.
Wreaths
There were some of the succulent wreaths in a holding area. The great thing with live succulent arrangements is that they keep growing and ever changing. If they get too shaggy for your aesthetics, you can always pull out those long stemmed ones, trim down the stem…then stick it right back into the wreath.
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April 5, 2010 at 7:18 pm
That rusty rim garden is awesome!!! Wowzers!!!
April 5, 2010 at 9:50 pm
…WOWZERS..?!?!?…LOL
April 5, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Great pics…. drooling… I must have one of those wall panels… I have to find somewhere that sells them in Australia – I’m too lazy to make one.
April 5, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Spectacular succulent wall panels… I have to find a way to make one of these — someday! Love the rusted tire rim, too… why didn’t I think of that?!
April 6, 2010 at 1:08 am
Cool ideas, the wall panel is awesome!
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May 24, 2010 at 12:50 am
Succulents are so awesome!! I had a master gardener teach me all about them today and we put together a few pots
how wonderful! Next – verticle like yours! I love the mi casa es su casa too – that is so nice 
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June 19, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Your photos are terrific. And this makes me long for the days when I lived in CA and could have all those different kinds of succulents. Only I didn’t know about them then, worse luck. What a fun field trip you had. . . Good luck in the contest.
August 31, 2010 at 9:24 am
Beautiful pictures and great ideas!
October 25, 2010 at 9:40 am
Even though this is an older post it’s still an absolute knock out!
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January 26, 2012 at 11:16 am
Love these images!! I posted the wall o’ succulents on my blog!
February 8, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Very nice “mini gardens”.
Do you know the name, on the first photo, of the little succulent which is little yellow-green, little red?
February 8, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Hi Christine,
If it’s the one that is hanging off the edge on the bottom left hand side…that a type of Sedum rubrotinctum.
February 9, 2012 at 4:39 am
Mmm, no, I mean that is little down of the center of the rim, with some sempervivum around it, and its leaves are not so rounded as the rubrotinctum… Tehy are two and there are more at the bottom of the photo.
Thaks for answer
February 9, 2012 at 4:40 am
Mmm, no, I mean that is little down of the center of the rim, with some sempervivum around it, and its leaves are not so rounded as the rubrotinctum… Tehy are two and there are more at the bottom of the photo.
Thanks for answer
February 9, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I think those are either Sedum hirsutum baeticum or Sedum lucidum.
February 10, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Hi Matti,
many thanks for your answer, there are so beautiful plants.
Nice photo on your blog.
March 13, 2012 at 5:24 am
I love your art work..Is there a way to tag each plant so that we can get to know the names and varieties?? Pam (succulent lover)
March 13, 2012 at 5:27 am
Wondering if I am able to purchase some plants from you. I see the option to purchase the living pictures (and I fully intend to purchase one of those) but, I am not seeing a link to purchase plants…I am interested in buying in bulk..
March 14, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Hi Pam! Give Succulent Gardens a shout out about purchasing plants in bulk and their retailers. You can visit their website at: http://sgplants.com/ for contact info.
April 27, 2012 at 2:10 pm
All I can say is WOW!!!! I am such a nerd but I get so excited when I get to see new succulents that I’ve never seen before!!
June 10, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Love, Love the photos, and really love the rusted rim as a planter. I have chicks and hens have had for many years. My mom and her side of the family always had them when I was growing up. I would love to get more succulents to plant. Are they as hardy and withstand the winters like my hens and chicks.?? I live in Ohio.
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Thanks
June 17, 2012 at 11:37 am
Check out Simply Succulents for a great list of cold hardy succulents that would survive winters in Ohio: https://www.simplysucculents.com/online-store
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April 14, 2013 at 7:55 pm
Hello Matti and Megan!
I have a question about some plants. I was the first picture with the rusted rim, what is the artichoke-like succulent on the center right. And what is the bright yellow- green one on top of that one(top-right corner of rim)? Thank you and you have such a beautiful blog! I am so hooked right now!
April 18, 2013 at 8:18 am
Hi Derek,
I think the artichoke like succulents are sempervivums and the bright green guy is some sort of sedum. Sorry I don’t have more specifics.