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Gazing from the window......
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? -- 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.' |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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? Her indoors? |
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On 28/8/07 12:00, in article , "Peter"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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? Her indoors? Add, take away? Plant? ;-)) -- 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.' |
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On Aug 28, 12:49 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 28/8/07 12:00, in article , "Peter" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message .uk... 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? Her indoors? Add, take away? Plant? ;-)) I'm an incurable romantic, I plump for "add". What I would love to add to my garden is 1) a roof on my half built shed (inherited from previous owner) (this will happen in due course) and 2) a permanent warm golden globe (I hear they call it "sun") in a permanent blue sky with a permanent 25 degree temp during the summer. Cat(h) |
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On Aug 28, 3:52 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 28/8/07 15:46, in article . com, "Cat(h)" wrote: On Aug 28, 12:49 pm, Sacha wrote: On 28/8/07 12:00, in article , "Peter" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . co.uk... 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? Her indoors? Add, take away? Plant? ;-)) I'm an incurable romantic, I plump for "add". What I would love to add to my garden is 1) a roof on my half built shed (inherited from previous owner) (this will happen in due course) and 2) a permanent warm golden globe (I hear they call it "sun") in a permanent blue sky with a permanent 25 degree temp during the summer. Cat(h) Oh come on - now you're getting into miracle territory. ;-) -- Sachahttp://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.'- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You said money no object. I reckon with enough money, it should be possible to get Ireland tugged down the Atlantic a few hundred kilometres south. Sure, don't they build palmtree and world-shaped islands in Dubai? Cat(h) (oh, and I'd take out all those weeds which have crept up on me with the wet weather) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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. -- Rhiannon_s Once you accept "because" as a valid reason the world becomes a much simpler place. |
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On 28/8/07 12:03, in article ,
"Rhiannon_s" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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 -- Rhiannon_s Once you accept "because" as a valid reason the world becomes a much simpler place. -- 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.' |
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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 . uk... 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. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation churchyard: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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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 . uk... 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. -- 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.' |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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 . uk... 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. |
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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 ) : snip 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. Apparently, the key was having a Japanese designer involved from the get-go and I think I remember we were told that a Japanese looks after it or oversees it, or something. -- 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.' |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 28/8/07 12:03, in article , "Rhiannon_s" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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. -- Rhiannon_s Once you accept "because" as a valid reason the world becomes a much simpler place. |
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On 2/9/07 14:02, in article , "Rhiannon_s"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 28/8/07 12:03, in article , "Rhiannon_s" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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. -- 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.' |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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? -- Sacha My daughter and son in law do have a stream running through the grounds of their house. The have the Coach House of the Old Manor House Hotel which they have sold on and retained the grounds. The stream did sort of 'disappear but further on in the lower grounds it was a large area of boggy wet grass. With the help of a JCB they dug a huge pond and allowed the water to stay. The outfall of this pond, and of course the water before, feed the Village Pond so no one has lost anything, but daughter and s.i.l have now got a pond, complete with an Island and wildlife, Moorhens, Ducks, and the plants to go with it, Bulrushes, Water Lily etc. A part of the garden which was 'a waste of space' has now become a lovely tranquil area :-)) They are at present rebuilding an old Barn which was demolished in the 1987 storm. All natural stone and internally done out in a Medieval theme. Opening soon for private party's and one has already been tentatively arranged for the contributors of another newsgroup I frequent. If you have water under the surface, employ a JCB for a couple of weeks :-) Mike -- The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy Reunion Bournemouth August/September 2007 FULL. WAIT LIST OPERATING www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added daily "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand |
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