On 2/9/07 14:02, in article , "Rhiannon_s"
wrote:




"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 28/8/07 12:03, in article ,
"Rhiannon_s" wrote:




"Sacha" wrote in message
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this morning, I found myself idly thinking of what I would do to alter
or
add to our garden, if I could. I really love it as it is so it's no
big
deal but I think the one thing I'd *really* like is a stream meandering
through it. We have water just under the surface all around us, so
it's
quite irritating not to have any ON the surface! ;-)
What would everyone else add, alter, take away, assuming money was no
object?


I'd restyle into a japanese garden with a proper teahouse and pagoda.
And
possible an orrery folly.

I had to look up Orrery. ;-) Do you have any photographs of what you're
thinking of and didn't someone do something similar at Chelsea a few years
ago?
This is the Japanese garden at Huntington Gardens, CA. We thought it was
wonderful: http://tinyurl.com/2xplff


Sorry for the ultra late reply to this, better late than never I hope
though.

I do love japanese gardening, I'm hoping to study japanese garden design
myself (talk about yer niche markets, but as our town gardens get smaller
and we get time poorer I reckon there is market potential).

An Orrery doesn't really go in a proper japanese garden (or any garden
really) of course, but I remember once when I was very young many years ago,
I was definetly less than seven because my dad ws still alive at the time) I
was taken to a big garden show type thing. And part of the display was this
big orrery (fixed of course not a working clockwork one) it was in this
little walled faux ruin garden and had a climber, with small star shaped
flowers and a heavenly scent, rambling through it and it just looked
fantastic. It's an image which has stayed with me for years. If I had
money/time I would love to re-create it.

An orrery of course is a model of the solar system. The best ones are
clockwork I believe most sceince museums will have one of those. You can
get fixed position ones too, and I'm sure they would make a smahing focal
point in any garden, better than a regular sundial I sure.
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Thanks for all that Rhiannon. I'll have a look at those and see if we have
somewhere we could do something similar. My guess about the climber you saw
is Trachelospermum jasminoides, BTW. ;-)

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'