Get Ready for Spring!

February 27, 2021 By Bob Hyland

I call my Shop CONTAINED EXUBERANCE to call attention to the lush fantastic beauty you can achieve with plantings in contemporary, artful containers.

This spring my southeast Portland shop is open 1 days/week, Friday & Saturday, from March-June, 2021 (summer and fall hours to be determined). Face masks and social distancing are mandatory during COVID-19 while we anticipate the easing and end of the pandemic.

DISCOUNTS/INCENTIVE: I sell at 20% off conventional retail prices on most stock (take 20% off the price marked on most pots in my Shop at checkout).

Over the course of my 45-year career as garden designer, public garden director, and nurseryman, I have designed lots of public and private gardens and planted many a pot.

In my 7-year-old Shop, I curate and offer a wide range of pots in exciting shapes, textures, and glazes. All are well-built, high-fired, weather resistant, and winterproof in the Portland Metro region and Pacific Northwest.

Let’s take a little tour of my Shop. I am conveniently located in southeast Portland next door to Xera Plants – growers and experts in climate-adapted plants for the Pacific Northwest. Our businesses are separate, but intertwine and support each other nicely.

STREETSIDE outside my Shop
A range of planted and empty pots spills out onto the sidewalk on both sides of the garage door to my Shop. These pots are always for sale. I will unplant a “planted pot” to make a sale (or take it away planted as is).

INSIDE the Shop you’ll find containers generally grouped by type and composition:
• Cast stone
• Glazed Earthenware
• Terra cotta
• Lightweight polyresins
• Metal hanging planters

Cubby hole shelves display a range of smaller pots for indoor and outdoor settings, whimsical garden statuary, Buddhas, pagodas, and more.

Throughout the season, I plant a selection of small pots to go. They make great tabletop decoration for patios, terraces, and balconies… as well as great gifts for gardeners.

I also specialize in decorative cast stone, recirculating fountains from Campania International for outdoor spaces and garden terraces… even office spaces. Price ranges vary from $175 to $1200 depending on size. Electric pumps are included in the pricing. Custom ordering is available and usually takes 6-8 weeks lead time.

PLAN A VISIT TO CONTAINED EXUBERANCE this spring.

Fall is for Planting!

July 25, 2018 By Bob Hyland

BEAT THE HEAT! SUMMERTIME SAVINGS in my cool shop!
It’s a great time to buy that pot or fountain you’ve had your eye on all spring. My nextdoor neighbor Xera Plants is having a midsummer plant sale at the same time. HOT savings all around!

GREAT BUYS…
Glazed earthenware pots in many styles and color plays. High-fired, weatherproof, frost-resistant.
Lightweight poly-resin pots in contemporary shapes and four realistic colors. Best on the market!
Hypertufa pots, hand cast stone inspired by modern architecture and traditional Japanese gardens. Claire Bandfield, apotspot
Metal “hover dishes”. Fun powder-coated aluminum hanging planters in trendy shapes and colors.
Fountains in many sizes and styles from Campania International. Soothing, mesmerizing sound machines to take your mind off Portland’s heat. If you don’t see it my Shop, custom ordering is possible.

Contained Exuberance, my storefront is open!

June 26, 2013 By Bob Hyland

Contained Exuberance, Contemporary Pots & Plantings for the Garden is now open at 1114 SE Clay Street (at SE 11th Avenue) in Portland, OR. Thursday thru Sunday, 10am – 6pm (closed Monday – Wednesday). I feature cast stone and lightweight containers with artful shape, form, and texture. Much of my inventory right now is from Campania International, a Pennsylvania-based company who offers an extensive range of products in a variety of materials and styles from cast stone to earthenware and lightweight materials that replicate the look of lead, iron, concrete, terra-cotta, and limestone.

Other pottery manufacturers and lines will be added to Potted going forward… as I find product that fits my brand and style and where there is customer demand. So tell me what you like.

Potted shares its retail space with Xera Plants, growers of a fantastic catalog of climate-adapted, water-wise plants for Northwest gardeners. I feature Xera Plants in my container designs – a good marriage of pots and plants!

Check it out… come visit.