The Basics……….

As a crafter it is fun to create something new. To allow that to happen I need to utilize the basics to fund creative time. For our business it is the hearts and small oval containers, our best sellers, that provide much of our income. 

We build the recipe, mold each container, allow to dry, sand and add to the pile during over the Winter. It is usually necessary to add a few during the year as our pile starts to diminish. 

The finished containers are either offered empty or filled with some of our select succulents. Lot of fun to be had putting these combinations together. Mid March begins the planting season for 2023. Applications are being submitted this month for the many festivals and shows we will attend this year. 

 The Papercrete Potter will again offer a large selection of planted containers. We will also offer everything to build your own combinations but the potting mix!

Always Fun……..

Yes we will still vend at most if not all our usual haunts. Here are a couple of special shows for 2023. The Myriad Gardens hosts the OKC Flower & Garden Show and the gardens adjacent to the show are beyond fabulous! Plan on browsing both the show and the gardens. Pack a lunch! 

Once again we have been invited to vend at the International Master Gardeners Convention for 2023. Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park, KS is the venue selected to host this event. We are excited to see some of our old friends in June. More info at imgc2023.com

 

Back to it……….

 Here we are 2023 and determined to build and offer our best to all our customers. Lots of new containers this year and an even wider selection of succulents to fill them with. 

2021...........

Here we are! We have escaped 2020 with life and limb! I must say that it was a year full of challenges but it turned out a very good year for the sales of succulents and our signature Papercrete planters and combos. We are receiving inquiries about our willingness to participate in upcoming festivals to which we answer with an enthusiastic ‘YES’. 

We have been working overtime the last couple of months building inventory to be ready for whatever happens. As soon as we can get some notifications we will start building a 2021 schedule. 

Thankfull!............

After a long wait it is time to venture off the farm and greet gardeners again! Covid has upset our normal and we will adapt. Our show schedule has been shuffled but May 30th we will be behind our sales tables offering our goodies in Oklahoma City, OK at Myriad Gardens.

Spring Shows..........

Spring is here and the virus has vendors parked at home. This too shall pass and gardeners will be ready to venture out and take on all the projects dreamed up over the Winter. Our inventory continues to build as we are taking advantage of the extra down time. Check the schedule tab at the top of the page as we will update it as plans firm up or we get notified of cancellations.

November 2019.........

 Squares and Tubs

 Assorted Hearts

 Squared Bowls

 Assorted Oval Bowls

Smalls

Twenty nineteen was a very busy year. We were booked for shows or classes twenty six weekends this year. At the end of October our show season was over and thankfully our inventory was nearly depleted. The above pictures represent what was built in the month of November not counting our table tops or what my wife had put together. We are looking forward to planting a majority of these containers with succulent combinations. The next three months will be a flurry of pulping, mixing, and molding. Who knows what the pile will look like by the middle of march.