Re: Re(2): help, my garden will be open to public in June
- To: Mediterranean Plants
- Subject: Re: Re(2): help, my garden will be open to public in June
- From: B* K*
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:23:29 -0600 (CST)
> sean o'hara wrote::
> >Objects - A well placed pot, chair, table, or weird piece of junk/art can
> >go a long way! Having a focal point (other than plants) is very
> >useful. It can be multi-use if placed where it can be viewed from a
> >variety of places in the garden. You might also just need to fill in a
> >'hole'. Make sure it blends into your theme, picks up the colors, seems
> >appropriate. Something begged or borrowed might be just the key.
>
> barry garcia wrote:
> I whole heartedly agree with this suggestion....
> I prefer the more subtle objects.... to the bright painted objects i've
> seen in other peoples yards.
>
Better yet if it's an object you actually have something to say about
- or about which you actually have something to say, as they say - even if
you end up appropriating the story that goes with it from the real owner.
But downplaying it as Barry suggests does minimize the chance that by that
evening even the few will remember your garden only as "that place where we
saw the [object]."
