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| The first open day this year for Little and Lewis's amazing garden gallery on Bainbridge Island, Washington is June 10. I went last year and met the artists and had a wonderful time. I also had the pleasure of meeting Belgian Pup, from this forum, there.
The garden is absolutely awesome. After I came home I seriously contemplated digging up my perfectly nice cottage border along the driveway and planting banana trees. I think I really need a turquoise pergola, too! Quite a few people on this forum live in the Puget Sound corridor and I was thinking that it would be fun to go to an open house as group of 'tufaneers or concretins or whatever it is we call ourselves these days (I still like 'tufaheads better) and then meet for lunch or a picnic. We could even warn L & L that we're coming. Hopefully, it won't make them change their minds about having an open house, lol. Especially after our resident troll got them banned from the forum last year. They have quite a few open house days this year, so if June 10 doesn't work for somebody we could choose another date. Little and Lewis open house days are posted on their website. I think it would be great to meet others in the area and compare notes and visit a couple of inspiring concrete artists. What do you think? You can reply to me on the forum or via email. If Garden Web prefers, this thread can move over to the "Conversations" section. Deb Disclaimer: Little and Lewis are not paying me to advertise their open house or work, nor have I provided a link to their website. I'm just trying to put together a gathering of like minds at a fun place. If you have any objections to my posting, please email me. |
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- Posted by louisiana_greetings z8LA (My Page) on Tue, Apr 25, 06 at 18:40
| Deb, you sure have some great things in your tufa album, I will look at your other stuff later. I sure wish one day I could make the L&L show, I'm sure ya'll will have a great time :-) bonnie |
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| I'm too far off, darn. Please, please, please take some more great pictures like you have in the past and let me see them! I loved seeing different people's pictures on their open house in the past. It was the "same garden", around the "same time" but every person had their own perspective on the garden and it was looking through that person's eyes. |
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| Thanks for the post Deb. I looked up (L and L) on the internet. I love those columns. Has anyone tried a Turfa or concrete column? Debbie |
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| Debbie, have you ever viewed Deb8's photo album? She's got some really beautiful things in there. If you go to her post and click on her "My Page", she'll have the link for it under her homepage link. Under Hypertufa Projects (?), on page two, is one of my all time favorites, her column planter. Dena also has a really nice one in her photo album. I know there's more but can't remember them at the moment. I sent you an email, did you get it? |
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| Thanks lazydaisy. I'll look for the links. Debbie |
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| DebZone, I've seen this in the past and always thought they were smudges on your camera lense but it kind of looks like an orb in your "path from the street" pic...and I'm not talking concrete orbs :) plus the "smudges" aren't in the same places on the two pictures. hmmm. whooo-ooo-ooo |
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| Bonnie, your mushrooms and leaves are favorites of mine. What do you think of the idea of a "toadstool" stool that you could really sit on? LazyDazey, I will take more pictures--they didn't seem to object to the ones I took last year. I will ask them to make sure they don't mind. Loren, I have some more columns in the works. They're easier (and cheaper) than they look. I wish you Southern girls could come up for a visit--I know we'd have fun. Let me know if you're ever in the area, ya'll! Deb |
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| LazyDazey, I always thought those were smudges on the camera lens but now I'm really wondering...is it a ghost? I feel a presence in that garden but it's not really scary. I'm guessing it must be my mud muse who is always chasing but never completely catching up with me... Deb |
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| Debbie, sorry--I got confused. You were the one asking about columns. I don't know if it's completely necessary but since I was using hypertufa, I used hardware cloth inside the column to reinforce it. If I were using ready-mix, I wouldn't bother because it's a stronger mix. Deb |
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| Well, I would say there might be something to that since you said you felt a presence. It's really not meant to be scary. I guess the only way to really figure it out is to go back to the pictures you took that same day and look at the pics before and after it and see if you can see a smudge on those and if they match up on the same part of the lens. Otherwise, I think you have a resident! Congratulations, he/she has good taste in gardens! |
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| Thanks Deb I'd love to try a column too. I'm close by (Vancouver Island,B.C) if those Southern girls ever come for a visit, be sure to bring them up here. Debbie |
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| Hey Debbie, I am on the island too. Nanaimo, feel free to pay me a visit if you are in the area. Cindy |
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| I made a column and planter at the end of last summer out of concrete using sono tubes. I did put a plastic pipe inside to reduce the amount of cement. The planter at the top is hypertufa. I was considering painting it but didnt get around to it yet. I may just leave it as cement another year before I decide. I'm waiting for warmer weather before I plant up the top. We are still getting frosts year and the grass I bought isnt that tolerant. I also have to make a repair. I noticed that the whole thing was out of alignment a bit and pushed too hard at the top. I broke the mortar joint and the top tipped overed. Stupid me. But nothing broke. I just have to put it back together. |
Here is a link that might be useful: column
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| That's a nice column planter, Rainsend. I've got a column curing right now. I'm going to hide a faucet in it and incorporate it into my block wall. Maybe it's the same for you as it is for me...I learn more from my oops's than my successes, maybe because I really analyze the things that don't work but never bother with the ones that do. Deb |
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| I did make the column hollow in the center so I could have the option of putting a fountain through it at a later date. The column sits on a hill and appeared to be slanting (but it was probably an optical illusion with my neighboors slanting fence. Stupid me -- I put my whole body into a shove and broke the mortar joint. Pretty stupid. But luckily nothing was damaged so I will be putting it back together again once our frosts are over here. I might stick in a rebar in the center just in case I do this again (not likely but the kids might be around it). Learning from experience is really the best teacher. I just hope I can remember all I learned last year. |
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| Thanks for the column picture rainsend. It looks really good. I love the oops factor. I think your idea of a toadstool (stool) sounds great Deb. Debbie |
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| "Bonnie, your mushrooms and leaves are favorites of mine. What do you think of the idea of a "toadstool" stool that you could really sit on?" On the television show "That's Clever" A lady made a toad stool table and 2 toadstool chairs. Look up their web site. I am making them myself. She used a large tomato cage for the table and small ones for the chairs. It wasn't hypertufa, but she used cement and sand. Just to let you know. |
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