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In this episode, Colleen unearths as much as she can about the\\xa0largely unwritten\\xa0history of plant pots.

When did humans start growing plants in containers?

How did innovations in materials and technology lead to the domestication of plants, plant collecting, and the growth of the nursery industry?

Why are plant pots so overlooked as a facet of industrial design? (We can rattle off several iconic\\xa0chair designs, but flowerpots? Not so much.)

Why don\\u2019t the standardized names of nursery pot sizes correspond to their actual volume in the US?

We have more questions than answers, folks.\\xa0

First up, Leah is practicing her drawings. And we need an alternative name for the tricky season that comes between summer and fall in Texas.\\xa0

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Mentioned in this episode:

Rain lilies\\xa0(Cooperia\\xa0drummondii);\\xa0Paper Garden Workshop; \\u201cElevation to Plan\\u201d technique;\\xa0Plan to Elevation (Leah\\u2019s sketch);\\xa0The Artist\\u2019s Way\\xa0(1992) by Julia Cameron;\\xa0Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain\\xa0(1979) by Betty Edwards;\\xa0Willy Guhl designs on Artnet;\\xa0a bio of Guhl;\\xa0history of flowerpots from the Salem Maritime National Historic Site;\\xa0\\u201cPlastic Pots and the Nursery Industry: Production, Use, Disposal, and Environmental Impacts\\u201d\\xa0(2020) by the\\xa0APLD;\\xa0Eric Soderholtz.