On 2/9/07 13:54, in article , "Rhiannon_s"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 28/8/07 15:54, in article
, "Sally Thompson"
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:35:04 +0100, Sacha wrote
(in article ) :

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


Ooh, that brought back memories! I've been there [mumble] years ago and
I
agree it was wonderful.


We loved those 'cloud pruned' trees. (I don't know if that's the proper
term) But apparently they're enormously expensive.



I'm late catching up with this thread, sorry.

Yep, correct term, but they are only expensive if you buy them pre-pruned.
You can always get a couple of regular pines and prune them and shape their
growth yourself. Takes a small amount of practice and a bit of time. When
you buy them prepruned and shaped it is the storageand growth time you are
paying for mainly.
--
Rhiannon_s
Once you accept "because" as a valid reason the world becomes a much simpler
place.


Ray's done that to a couple of self-sown myrtles we have in the garden, one
of which has cleverly planted itself in precisely the right place. I'll
have a look around and see what we've got 'up on the mypex' which might fit
the bill.

--
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.'