Sunday, May 23, 2010

Help Cecilia with ideas for Creating an Enchanted Edible Artists Garden

Here is my 'discussion opening' draft drawing for the enchanting garden we will create together. Have a go yourself. Click the photo below, trace its bones on your laptop, and fill it in with the pathways and flowers and waterways you'd like.
Things to think about:

Bridge
Its heavy and dominating, but its interesting. What would you do?

Retaining walls
Because I want a '3D' garden you can go hiking in, with heaped up earth, I've put these old railway sleepers in, staggered, to keep up the earth.
It reminds me of my dear Melbourne garden, loved and lost.
Its a bit of a barrier though. Maybe a two-tier stepped front wall would be better.
We need to use up the grey fireplace stones, but because they have that penetentiary feel, Ive said -'go to the side of the garden', but maybe that's a waste. Ideas?



This land gets morning sun, dappled light thought he tall oliander which I will thin out.
The color theme is blue, mauve and soft pinky-orange.
Content theme is edibles and beautifuls.

Doggie
Being an edible garden, we must create a special, private place for Daku to tend to his constitutionals. Hint - his legs are very short. This may be a useful fact.
Under Asaba's Garden Bridge by Helana

Floor:
Wouldn't it be nice rending all the floor, tiles included, with a tamped-earth like cement mix, colored the warm tones of the main house. Student's dads can help. We can re-paint the white house while we are at it. White sparkles in Greece, but always moulders in Japan.
Do you know who can take charge here?
Drains
I want to enliven and open up the up the drain canals, semi-filling them with stepping stones and potted water-plants, so that children don't fall in.


Challenges:
When It rains in Japan, its a deluge.
Dance and other performances are held here, so they need covering sometimes.
Id love to have goldfish, but how to keep them from being flushed away?

Asaba-san emerging from her gallery to the courtyard.

The Giraffe-like pattern in the doors and peep holes is one we might see popping up again and again, it the stepping stone shapes we use, cutouts for backlighting, and maybe even the shapes of hand-made, wall-mounted seedling pots.

Helana and Mum Miki have a go designing

We can do whatever we like. We just have to think it up first, gather enough desire, then find all the things were are missing, and put them in.

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