Window boxes: rows of terracotta

Plants on a deep windowsill. Eight or nine small terracotta pots are arranged, varying in size, some chipped, with white salt efflorescence marks on their surfaces; inside are geraniums, herbs, and rooting cuttings, growing unevenly, with a few clearly not thriving. Saucers are placed under the pots to catch water, and there is spilled soil on the windowsill. Nearby are a small pair of scissors, a spray bottle, and a stack of handwritten labels. These are not arranged green decor, but rather things that are continuously cared for—they will wither, be replaced, and grow large enough to need moving out. The window is a small multi-pane window, with light streaming in diagonally from outside onto the leaves. Avoid: using neat, uniform modern flower pots, using artificial plants and foliage decorations, arranging plants neatly and equidistant, having a completely clean windowsill free of soil and water marks.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個深窗台上的植物。排著八九個赤陶小盆,大小不一、有幾個有缺口、表面有白色的鹽析痕跡;裡面是天竺葵、香草與正在生根的插枝,長勢不一致有幾株明顯不好。盆下墊著碟子接水,窗台上有灑出來的土。旁邊有一把小剪刀、一個噴水瓶與一疊手寫的標籤。這些不是被安排好的綠意佈置,而是持續在照顧的東西——會枯、會換、會長大到需要移出去。窗是小的多格窗,光從外面斜進來照在葉子上。避免:使用整齊統一的現代花盆、使用人造植物與觀葉裝飾、把植物排列得整齊等距、讓窗台完全乾淨無土無水痕。