Repurposing Gathered and Scavenged Resources to Create Garden Features
The concept is simple …
“See things around you from different perspectives”
- Gather what’s provided by Nature (find pictures in the Gallery below)
Squirrels plant ‘Oak Trees’, Maples, Fir Trees scatter seeds …
When is the best time to start a ‘Bonsai‘? When you find a young tree. - Collect rocks, driftwood, stumps …
Use imagination and vision to Create Features, integrate, build, stabilize soil, …
(see pics – Note: Granite Bench, Stone Face) - Repurpose fireplace stone facings and Create Features (see pics – Note: ‘Mont Blanc’)
Find usable resources from ‘home demolitions’
Galleries:
(1) From Seedlings to Bonsais
Rescued Rhodo (was lying 'dead' in home demolition) -Spring Blooms (2 yrs later 2016)
OakGrove Summer 2017 (Ages 4-28 yrs)
Oak-Grove-Fall-2016 (ages - 5 to mid-twenties)
Fir-Seedling - Bonsai
Douglas Fir - ~ 28yrs (from seedling)
Maple and Mountain Ash - Bonsai from Seedlings
Flowering Quince (Rescued - was dying ~ 28yrs old)
Rescued Discarded-Dying - Azalea
(2) Collected Rocks and Driftwood Features
