Highlights of Waterwise Botanicals Nursery’s Fall Garden Party

Columnar cacti, haloed by late afternoon sun

A tricholobivia in one of the display gardens has formed quite a colony

Masses of coppertone stonecrop and graptosedum, in a display garden

Aeonium ‘Zwartkop’, backlit

Succulent euphorbias, kalanchoes and yuccas in the main display garden

I love it when local artisans come to brainstorm design ideas for succulents

This display garden suggests the desert in bloom

A succulent holiday tree, mainly of sempervivums and sedums was a workshop project

Just when I think I’ve seen enough succulent topped pumpkins, one comes along that’s beyond gorgeous

A miniature succulent garden at one of the workshops

It was fun pairing succulents with art pots, like this fish with the living stone plant, pleiospilos

I love the geometry and textures of columnar cacti, especially when illuminated by the sun

Another workshop was about planting driftwood with succulents

I’m obsessed with this red cryptobergia bromeliad, a colorful low-water companion for succulents

An Echeveria cultivar tough enough to grow in the open garden

Another shot of Aeonium ‘Zwartkop’, backlit. Those filamented edges!

A colorful dish garden suggests a miniature landscape

Nursery manager Tom Jesch repurposed a toy truck as a planter for succulents

A green Echeveria cultivar formed a large mound in one of the display gardens

Silvery blue Echeveria peacockii