Re:philosophical - glass garden
- To: v*@islandnet.com
- Subject: Re:philosophical - glass garden
- From: d* f*
- Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 07:28:28 -0800 (PST)
Diane,
There is at least one local supplier of glass cullet
in Seattle, Washington, the Tri-Vitro Corporation.
There is also an article about recycling building
materials in general in the winter 1998 issue of
Pacific Horticulture magazine. I have also seen some
of Stephen and Andy's gardens in LA, and the use of
glass cullet really is an interesting approach. I
know that they also have a web site, but forget what
it is, maybe Laura would know it. I had met them both
while shopping for plants at my favorite nursery in
LA, Desert to Jungle...
- Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com> wrote:
> > one of my favorite new materials has been brought
> forward by my
> >friends Stephen Jerrom and Andy Cao, who have a
> "glass garden" here
> >in Los Angeles. They use tumbled recycled glass in
> a variety of
> >ways, including as a sort of jewel-like gravel (no
> sharper than
> >regular gravel). They've also made some beautiful
> walls with the
> >material, pressing it into stucco and concrete.
> These sparkle around
> >their collection of aloes and agaves.
>
> Laura,
> Your description of the glass garden reminded me of
> many stucco
> houses built, I think, in the 1930s that had pieces
> of coloured glass
> incorporated in the stucco. They always fascinated
> me as a child, as
> did the ocean-smoothed pieces of coloured glass
> along the beach. It
> sounds as though your friends made a design of the
> glass in their
> garden walls. Can you buy this tumbled glass or did
> they use a rock
> tumbler to make their own?
>
> Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
>
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