Time to Make Fall Cuttings

September 15, 2009 · Filed under Fall gardening tips, gardening, going green, how to start a garden, start a new garden · Tagged , , , , , ,

small flower garden with birdbath

small flower garden with birdbath

Here’s a great article I found. It will save you money next Spring if you get your cutting now.

“Plants that make the cut
You can easily propagate fibrous-rooted begonias; coleus; fuchsias; impatients; zonal, ivy and scented geraniums (Pelargonium); and Plectranthus spp. and cultivars, including Swedish ivy.

Flowers that you cannot propagate
“True” annuals—those that flower and set seed in a single season, such as cosmos and sunflowers—are not suitable for propagation by cuttings. Nor are tender perennials that require high light levels (such as petunias and marigolds). At the end of the season, just toss these onto the compost heap.

10 tips for creating new plants
1. Take cuttings from healthy plants, since they will only be as good as the parent plants, which should be robust and completely free from any signs of disease or insect infestation.

2. The best time to take tip cuttings is in late summer or early autumn. Select a supple, young stem and remove any flower buds. Using a sharp, sterile knife, cut the branch eight to 12 centimetres below the growing tip, just beneath a leaf node. Each parent plant should yield six to eight tip cuttings.

3. Once you’ve made all the cuttings you want, remove the leaves from the bottom half of each one. Make three or four vertical slits, about 1.5 centimetres long and one to two millimetres deep, at the base of each cutting (this scoring helps speed up the rooting process).

Get a jump on next season by overwintering frost-tender plants

4. Gently dip the bases into a rooting hormone containing IBA (indolebutyric acid). A light dusting is sufficient—too much will cause the cuttings to rot.

5. Before planting the cuttings, thoroughly scour the containers you intend to use. I favour terra-cotta pots because they allow oxygen to circulate around plant roots, but plastic ones hold water more efficiently. Fill the containers with a sterile, soilless mixture formulated for cuttings and starting seeds.

6. Insert the cuttings into the mix to a depth of about five centimetres and spaced eight centimetres apart to ensure maximum light penetration and air circulation. Place pots in an area with bright light (but out of direct sunlight), and keep the soil evenly moist.

7. After about five weeks, each cutting will have developed several strong roots; repot cuttings into their own small containers.

8. In another one to two weeks, signs of new growth will be noticeable; at this point, move plants to a bright, sunny window. Once a month, fertilize cuttings with a dilute solution high in phosphorus; I like using African violet food (0-12-0) because it doesn’t contain nitrogen, which can lead to weak, leggy plants. Keep room temperatures cool over winter—between 10 and 15°C is ideal—and allow plants to dry out between waterings.

9. If cuttings become gangly, pinch them back to encourage bushy growth, and increase light levels using grow lights or fluorescent tubes.

10. By late spring, you should have a crop of healthy, young plants identical to those available at your local nursery. After all danger of frost has passed, harden off plants by moving them to a protected, partly sunny area of the garden. Keep plants well watered for two to three weeks and feed at half-strength with a fertilizer formulated for flowering plants (such as 15-30-15). Transplant the rooted cuttings into your garden as you would any other annual.”

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MailBox Garden Tool Storage

July 23, 2009 · Filed under garden tool storage, garden tools: racks, gardening, going green · Tagged , , ,

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easy garden side tool storage

An old mail box is a great for garden tool storage right in the garden. Simply put a post in the ground and attach the mail box, feel free to paint it or even plant vines around the base. Garden tool storage in an old mail box is a super way to keep the garden tools you use most often close at hand and out of the weather, like glove and hand tools.  You can also use a garden cart or trolly to move the tools with you and some you can even sit on so you can take a well deserved break.

Garden tool storage doesn’t have to by hard or expensive. Choose the best solution that fits your needs and go from there. Remember any good garden tool storage solution should be able to grow and adapt to your gardens growing needs (sorry about the pun!)

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Balancing Colour and form in the Garden: part 4

June 18, 2009 · Filed under gardening, going green, how to start a garden · Tagged , , , , , , ,

Balancing Colour and Form.

Garden All In Greens

Garden All In Greens

All gardens need structure and form.  Styles swing from very formal gardens  with everything in neat rows and edged with box wood to English Country, with soft lines and blended colours.  Some  gardens are equally nice in all shades of greens, blues and silvers.  This colour scheme works well  for shade gardens as most shade flowers tend not to be in the yellow, reds or orange colour families.   Colour is an important thing to think about but you must not forget texture, perspective and blooms throughout your growing season.

Shrubs and conifers play a major roll in creating depth of field, this can also be done with the correct colour place meant of  flowers.  The eye is  drawn to yellow hued flowers first so placing taller yellow flowers near the back or at the ends of gardens  will cause the eye to travel over the whole garden first and then back to the border.  Conifers and Shrubs lead the eye vertically  thus adding depth of field to a garden.  Small gardens can benefit for shrubs placed at the back.  Staggering of shrubs  will also create a deeper looking garden.   As an added bonus conifers and shrubs add interest to the winter garden with their green boughs and several shrubs have berries to add a sparkle of colour.  If your garden is more on the natural side grass and reeds can work well too.

curly witch hazel

curly witch hazel

Winter interest plants:

  • Hybrid holly
  • wintercreeper
  • boxwood
  • rhododendrons
  • cedar (yellow)
  • pine
  • curly witch hazel
  • grasses

The prime focus of most gardens are flowers but the leaves should not be dismissed.  A flowers leaves or foliage out last the blooms so paying attention to their colour and texture.   Hostas and heucheras are  a wonderful addition to any garden with there wide range of varieties, there are over 500 types of Hosta alone ranging from blues, greens and striped.

Hosta in different colours

Hosta in different colours

Hardiness zones, bloom period and light level needs  must also be taken into account when selecting species and cultivates.

Hardiness zones are a guide. You will should check to  make sure your choices far into the right range.  You can grow plants that are not for your zone but they might not live through the winter.  Don’t let zones restrict you to much.  There are several areas that have there own micro-climate and here you can broaden your plant choices


“Micro-climates exist, for example, near bodies of water which may cool the local atmosphere, or in heavily urban areas where brick, concrete, and asphalt absorb the sun’s energy, heat up, and radiate that heat to the ambient air: the resulting urban heat island is a kind of  micro-climate.”

Mountains  and valley are also areas where these micro-climates can be found.  Over time you will learn what works and grows in your areas….check out local gardens to get some idea of your local climate.

Bloom periods are often over looked.  If  you neglect this your garden will bloom and then nothing, just green leaves.  Picking flowers that come and go out of bloom all season is a bit of a trick sometimes for new gardeners but it is easy to fix, plant what you like and are comfortable growing.  Take note of the bloom times and duration.  If at the end of the year you notice a  real lag time or period with no flowers then next season focus on those times when picking plants.  The more experienced gardener can layer plants.

An example would be:

Spring bulbs (tulips, snow drops) => ground covers => early summer flowers (irises, poppies)  => summer blooms (mallow, marigolds, roses etc.) Summer blooms are the easiest to pick. => Fall flowers     (Astor’s,  Helenium, Russian sage, Japanese anemone, phlox) As the Spring flowers dye back the other flowers start and so one till the first frost.  This layering effect takes time and tweaking of time.

Light levels do play there role in plant choice as  well. If  your garden is mostly shady growing roses or sun/ heat loving flowers won’t work and the same is true in the reverse.  Check the pots and you will see a sun or half sun etc. symbol to help you out

Plant arrangement is up to you.  The norm is to plant tallest at the back and shorter flowers closer to the edge, but you can play around with this to create hidden surprise that are only seen from a different angle. Planting seed or when transplanting seedlings should been done in a zig zag pattern for better coverage and when planting larger/maturer  plants try to plant in groups of three, this give a nice full look.  Large clumps of  one type of flower look better than a soldiers row of singles so plant flowers in larger swaths running through the beds.

Colour is of  course important to say the least.  Hi contrast gardens can be nice but might be a bit harsh for some, mixing purple irises and orange poppies is stunning but a bit bright for some.  Clashing colours are hard to look at so try to stay in one colour group, think of your favorite  pattern of fabric to get some ideas.  Some flower are very good at blends or acting as a bridge between different palettes.  Before you jump in with a shovel play with some crayons or pastels on your original garden bed layout designs and see what pleases your eye the best.


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Increase in GardenThefts?

June 11, 2009 · Filed under garden tool storage, garden tools: racks, gardening

Just a quick thought….as you know gardeners have some pricey equipment.  High end lawn tractors, chainsaws, trimmers etc.  Well its seems that there has been a raise in theft of these garden item  in some areas.  Local Police have a few suggestion to help stop the their tracks.

One: make sure your  garden storage shed, garden tool shed or garage is locked when not in use.

Two: have you larger mowers etc. marked with a security number, similar to tagging done on cars.

Thieves often steal gardening items and resell them at garage sales or they steal to order.  My Dad a lawn mower stolen once and since we only used it once a week or so we couldn’t really pin down the day it walked off, bit of a hassle when trying to report the theft to the police.  Also if the thieves take garden tools like shovels etc it might be awhile before you notice them missing especially if your garden tools are in a state of disarray… one more reason to keep them in order and tidy that way you WILL know when something is missing and not just misplaced.

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Gardening;How sweet is your soil? Part 3

June 8, 2009 · Filed under garden tools: racks, gardening, going green, how to start a garden, start a new garden · Tagged ,

Gardening;Second tool you need?  Vision!

In part one I spoke of how to start a garden from cutting the sod off and then keeping the grass at bay in part two.

This article is about what your new plants will be growing and thriving in…the soil, yes soil not dirt.  You have added compost and a good fertilizer but is that all the soil needs?  Sorry a bit of chemistry  is involved here but nothing scary. Your soil and gardens pH is very important.   Testing  the the garden soil is necessary because it will determine the type of plants you can grow or what to add so you can grow the plants you want.  Rest assured though you can amend the soil to correct any problems.

Highly acidic soil is great for some plants but not a wide selection.  In acidophic (pH less than 5) plant chooses are plants like  heather,wintergreen,bearberries, andromedas and luckily acid loving rhododendrons. To make the soil more neutral or incease its alkilinity (sweeten) you would add lime or wood ash from your fire place.   Wear gloves and the best time to spread the lime is just before it rains.

If you garden soil falls into the range of 6-7.5 then your good to go, for most plants and flower types it is an ideal Ph, neutral soil is 7.

However the go the other way, towards alkaline — 8 and higher. This pH level will need fixing before your plants and flowers go in. Compost added will over time will bring the soil  to a more neutral level. There are other things you can add to make the soil more neutral or more acidic, Sulfer, peat moss, sheep poo, saw dust, cotten seed meal and wood chips. These will all increase a soils acid (raise the Ph)

Clay soil can also benefit from compost, sand and manure to help loosen it up.

To recap: Add lime to Acidy soil —  sweeten soil ( increase the Ph, make it more Alkiline)

Add Wood chips, peat, sulfer,sheep poo saw dust to make soil more Acidy                                 (lower the pH make it more neutral)

This is Acidic.

pH Scale This is Alkiline

So before buying or planting test your soil by taking a sample from a depth of 15 cm in a few places depending on the size of your new garden.  You  can take these sample to most Garden centers and have it tested or you can buy a garden soil testing kit.  In part 4 I will post about colour choice and depth of field. Till then…Happy Gardening!

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Gardening;Seperate your Flower Bed: Part 2

June 5, 2009 · Filed under gardening, going green, how to start a garden, start a new garden · Tagged , , , , , ,

Garden Colours High Contrast

Garden Colours High Contrast

Gardening;First tools you need? Your eyes!

In part one I spoke of how to start a garden from scratch with removing the grass, now lets see how to keep it Out of the Flower garden.

Grass!  I will grow back if you allow it to send roots back into  your nice newgrass and weed free garden. So you need to seperate it from the lawn with a barrier and delineate it nicely.  True you can go more natural with no edging but you will have more weeding and an edger will have to be used every so often to keep a sharp crisp edge.

If  you  prefer to not fight the fight than you should surround it with a border of some sort.  Lots to chose from; wood, polyethlen (not the most earth friendly idea), aluminum or steel. These are the most common types of  lawn edgers but not the nicest to look at. If you think a bit out of the box you will be suprised what you can use.  However what every chose it must do deep enough to stop the grass roots.   If your garden egde is not hhigh enough you can use the steel edge and push it in deep and then add your more decrotive on just behind.

Old plates give a nice casual affect with a tough of wimsy.  Shells and other natural material like small branches, bamboo, stones or river bed stone look nice to.   If  you like of your garden blending with the lawn a bit you could try mulch this way there is nothing to draw attention to the edge really.

In part three I will write about colour choice and depth of field. Till then…Happy Gardening!

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Gardening;Creating a Flowerbed: part 1

May 27, 2009 · Filed under going green · Tagged , , , , ,

 

small flower garden with birdbath

small flower garden with birdbath

Thinking of starting a new flower bed this year? There are a few things to think about before you grab that shovel, like soil type, amount of sunlight and wind. Over the next few posts we will look at whats required so you start off on the right foot.

Of course the first thing to do is choose a location for the flower garden, The amount of sun will dictate what type of plants will do best. A shade garden still needs some sun either morning or afternoon to really do well, though deep shade is possible too but your plant choices will limited to ferns and other forest type plants. Shade garden flowers tend to be more in the blues, mauves, violet, slivers and greens. Bright yellow, reds and orange flowers tend to like more sun. But don’t worry for a shade garden you can chose many plants to give you a very varied look with lots of texture and a multitude or green hues.If your location is better suited to a full sun garden plan accordingly with your plant choices. Make a few sketches, much easier to erase things on paper then re-dig.

Straight or curvy? Straight lines are preferable if your home is more modern and you like a more formal layout. Formal gardens tend to be more rigid and static but with the addition of vertical elements or sculpture you can really make then stand out. Curvy gardens with sweeping lines lend themselves to a more natural look and are softer.

After picking a locations and the over all shape, mark it out on the ground with rope, a hose or special landscape paint (can). Now come the leg work. You must remove the grass, with a sharp edger fallow the lines you have laid out. remove the grass in small sections, remember removing wet grass or sod is easier, the day after a light rain is best but if no rain is in the forecast hose down the area first. If you are creating a large flower garden you might want to consider renting a sod remover r turf cutter to speed thing ups. If it’s a hot day drink lots of water and wear a sun hat, removing grass is hard work.

Now that the grass is cleared away (save the rolled up grass if you need to replace damaged areas or to fill in any low spots.)

 

You will most likely need to add some good soil and compost, at least 2cm deep. Other things to add are bone meal for potassium, if your plant choice is mostly annuals consider mixing in a slow-release fertilizer for flowering plants instead.

 

Once you have amended the soil yo will need to mix it in with the existing earth. You can do this with a spade, pitch fork or rotary cultivator. Loosen and mix soil down about 20cm and then even it out with the back of a garden rake or a piece of wood. Slope the edges up to a hight of about 5-10 cm above the surrounding grass.

Part II: Keep the Grass where is belongs; separate the flowers for m the grass.

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Garden Tool Storage: What to do for Collective Gardeners

May 20, 2009 · Filed under garden tool storage, garden tools: racks, gardening, going green · Tagged , , , , ,

New collective gardening is growing in many areas these days and there is a lot going on in the largest city near me in Montreal Quebec. It differs from community gardening in that the collective gardeners work together on one garden, deciding what to plant, taking turns with the weeding and watering. What distinguishes a collective garden from the community garden that have become familiar parts o the landscape of many urban neighborhoods around the world is the in the philosophy. If you work a plot in a community garden, you work mostly solo and what you grow is yours alone. Where as in a Collective garden there’s no mine – yours. Everyone involved takes their turn, usually one day per week,in the tending of the plants from the first turning of the soil in the Spring to harvesting. They harvest is shared by everyone equally. Not only does a collective garden produce fruit and veggies but also a sense of belonging with other like minded gardeners. I think that this is a great idea for people who don’t have the time to tend to a garden plot taking care of everything alone. You can share the burden and work which is great if you only have a small block of time each week.
So that said, what to do with the garden tools needed to work in the garden? I’m sure with some of the more well established Collective gardens they have a garden shed to store the tools in, allowing you not to have to haul stuff in your car or by bike, which could prove tough. But seeing that collective gardens are appearing to grow in popularity garden tool storage, racks and ways to transport tools is a concern. One possible way to transport tools would be in a duffel or sports bag, most are large enough to handle most garden tools. For smaller garden hand tools a large bucket with an apron around it to hold the small stuff could be used in a car trunk or truck to keep everything together.

  Garden tool Bucket

Garden tool Bucket

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Tool Garden Racks and your sanity.

May 19, 2009 · Filed under garden tool storage, garden tools: racks, gardening · Tagged , , , , ,

Have you been trying to clear up your garden shed or gargage from of those garden tools and other miscellaneous garden clutter? Rakes ravenge? Shovel shinghi? Garden tools gremlines hiding things on you? (we have gremlines in out house..nasty little guys) Finding a way to store all your garden tools can be  quite a daunting challenging, if your anything like me, who as  a masseda lot of them over the years, or lost them(gremlines)However with the help of a garden tool rack system or other storage ideas, you can mamage all your tools properly, big or small and keep your gardening life,at least, clutter free. With the help of a good garden tool rack, you can find enough space to store your garden tools, garden tool cart and your garden supplies in one place and save time hunting them down.  Warning: No matter what gardenn tool rack storage system you use no garden tool will put it’s self away after a long hard slog in the garden ( I tried to train Hubby, still working on that on,lol)
Chosing A Garden Tool Rack to fit your style and budget:
Before you purchase a garden tool rack, you have to do an inventory of the garden tools that that now are now strune around inside your shed or garage. Of course you might not have a shed or garage because you live in a flat or an apartment and your trusty garden tools are leaning up against the wall of your gallery or way down in the bowles in your storage locker. Knowing how many and what kind of tools you have is a must. Because this will dictate how much garden tool rack space you will need to store,sort and manage all of them. It would be a good idea to start going through your garden tools to save time and effort on your part,  see if any are broken or have out lived there usefulness (consider donating anything you no longer need) . Besides, sorting out your tools will also help you figure out how much space your will require for certain types of garden tools. Are most of your garden tools large or mostly small hand held ones like trowls. This will be an important bit…no need buying something you don’t need when a simple basket will do. Small tools can be keep in a wire basket or hanging cloth pouch. If you  only have a few big garden tools you might get away with a big bucket with a few rocks at the bottom and just stand the garden shovels and rakes etc in that.
But if after taking an inventory of the tools that you have inside your garden shed you find that a garden tool rack storage system is what’s callled for then you have to take in to account how much space  you have available to dedicate to your garden tool rack. So get out a pen and paper and take down some measurements to get an idea of how much space you have to work with. When shopping for your garden tool rack, especially if  you go shopping online these measurements will save you a lot of fustration.  when you go out to look at the local garden shop don’t leave them ata home.  Use them to help you find the right garden tool rack, remember it has to fit the space you have. Remember  when you shop online, you do not get the chance to actually see and touch the item before you buy  it so it is critical that you get it right and know exactly what you need in terms of size and style. There are two main types of garden tool racks; wall monted and free standing.
You need to find a garden tool rack that gives you a lot of space to store all your garden tools and keep them in order plus one other thing to think about is can the garden tool rack be added to so it can grow with your need and garden tool storage needs. The rack needs have enough compartments, big and small  to let you keep the small thing too like, extra seed packs, gloves, twine, and stakes. No, you do not have to go and spend a fortune for a fancy designed garden tool racks, your budget must be considered, you need to have enough to buy those new fancy plants too. garden tool racks do not have to be fancy they just have to work the way they where meant to. Whether it’s a wall mounted stainless steel number or just some wooden notched slats or a umbralla stand type or a garbage pail the reason behind it is so you can spend less time hunting for your garden tools and more time getting your hands in the dirt! Rack On!

I need a garden tool rack!

I need a garden tool rack!

Have you been trying to clear up your garden shed or garage from of those garden tools and other miscellaneous garden clutter? Rakes revenge? Shovel shanghai? Garden tools gremlins hiding things on you? (we have gremlins in our house..nasty little guys) Finding a way to store all your garden tools can be  quite a daunting challenging, if your anything like me, who as  amassed lot of them over the years, or lost them (gremlins) However with the help of a garden tool rack system or other storage ideas, you can manage all your tools properly, big or small and keep your gardening life,at least, clutter free. With the help of a good garden tool rack, you can find enough space to store your garden tools, garden tool cart and your garden supplies in one place and save time hunting them down.  Warning: No matter what garden tool rack storage system you use no garden tool will put it’s self away after a long hard slog in the garden ( I tried to train Hubby, still working on that on,lol)


Choosing A Garden Tool Rack to fit your style and budget:

Before you purchase a garden tool rack, you have to do an inventory of the garden tools that that now are now strewn around inside your shed or garage. Of course you might not have a shed or garage because you live in a flat or an apartment and your trusty garden tools are leaning up against the wall of your gallery or way down in the bowels in your storage locker. Knowing how many and what kind of tools you have is a must. Because this will dictate how much garden tool rack space you will need to store,sort and manage all of them. It would be a good idea to start going through your garden tools to save time and effort on your part,  see if any are broken or have out lived there usefulness (consider donating anything you no longer need) . Besides, sorting out your garden and lawn tools will also help you figure out how much space your will require for certain types of garden tools. Are most of your garden tools large or mostly small hand held ones like trowels. This will be an important bit…no need buying something you don’t need when a simple basket will do. Small tools can be keep in a wire basket or hanging cloth pouch instead of a big garden tool rack. If you  only have a few big garden tools you might get away with a big bucket with a few rocks at the bottom and just stand the garden shovels and rakes etc in that.

But if after taking an inventory of the tools that you have inside your garden shed you find that a garden tool rack storage system is what’s called for then you have to take in to account how much space  you have available to dedicate to your garden tool rack. So get out a pen and paper and take down some measurements to get an idea of how much space you have to work with. When shopping for your garden tool rack, especially if  you go shopping on-line, these measurements will save you a lot of frustration.  When you go out to look at the local garden shop don’t leave them at home.  Use them to help you find the right garden tool rack, remember it has to fit the space you have. Remember  when you shop on-line, you do not get the chance to actually see and touch the item before you buy  it so it is critical that you get it right and know exactly what you need in terms of size and style. There are two main types of garden tool racks; wall mounted and free standing.
You need to find a garden tool rack that gives you a lot of space to store all your garden tools and keep them in order plus one other thing to think about is can the garden tool rack be added to so it can grow with your need and garden tool storage needs. The garden tool rack needs have enough compartments, both big and small  to let you keep the small thing too like, extra seed packs, gloves, twine, and stakes. No, you do not have to go and spend a fortune for a fancy designed garden tool racks, your budget must be considered, you need to have enough to buy those new fancy plants too.  Garden tool racks do not have to be fancy they just have to work the way they where meant to. Whether it’s a wall mounted stainless steel number or just some wooden notched slats or a umbrella stand type or a garbage pail the reason behind it is so you can spend less time hunting for your garden tools and more time getting your hands in the dirt! Rack On! For more inforamation read my other post at Garden Tool Racks

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Swimming pool design..to the next level.

May 16, 2009 · Filed under Amazing garden stories, gardening, going green, pond building · Tagged , , , , ,

 

pool landscaping

pool landscaping

WOW! is all I can say.  I stumbled apon this story and from KOAA.com .  belive it or  not this is an underground pool..in a house.  The original pool  was in a sad state so this is what they did, no shinny tile or chrome…no they did a cave.

” “She said, “Let’s do some rocks on the walls” and George said, “Kind of like a cave?” and I’m like, “Yeah, that would be alright.” And next thing I knew he had all these stalactites hanging down from the ceiling,” said Jason Bach.”  Well it looks great.  It’s show’s us that we came have fun with our designs, true not everyone  can  do it on such  a grand scale but it can be scaled down.  Pool design and garden landscaping are places where we can think out side the box.  

Here is another example of  dreaming and seeing come  to fruit in the end if you’ll pardon the pun.

tree desgn, molded trees

tree desgn, molded trees

Pooktre tree shapers is the site where I found these living sculptures.In 1986 ″”Peter had the idea of growing a chair. Nine years later Peter and Becky became partners. Pooktre was born. Together they have mastered the art they call Pooktre, which is the shaping of trees as they grow in predetermined designs. Some are intended for harvest to be high quality indoor furniture and others will remain living art.”″  

Living tree chair.

Living tree chair.

Too cool Check them out at: Pooktre tree shapers.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The house was built with maximum regard for the environment and by reciprocation gives us a unique opportunity to live close to nature. Being your own (have a go) architect is a lot of fun and allows you to create and enjoy something which is part of yourself and the land rather than, at worst, a mass produced box designed for maximum profit and convenience of the construction industry. Building from natural materials does away with producers profits and the cocktail of carcinogenic poisons that fill most modern buildings.”  I found this Amazing house on Simon Dales page.  

click “If you are looking for our low-impact house please” to read the whole artical.

 

Frodo Style house

Frodo Style house

 Hope these give you some cool ideas and happy gardening.  

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