Tropicals & Tender Perennials: THE WALL!!!, 1 by bwilliams

bwilliams wrote:
Selby botanical gardens is in Ft myers FL just down the street form the very cool Tropiflora nursery those are two must go places on my trips to Florida.


I am sad to say I have been working on this for 3 to 4 years. I think I did not touch it for one whole year and the other years I would just do small pieces and no major work. I have done 4 year of work in the last 3 to 4 weeks with this warm weather we have been having and my extra time which I am not use to having with nice weather.

The greenhouse display with the pond is very nice but I have been scared of using this artifical rock manly because it looks artificial. I have working with making rocks and find that a fine paste and fiberglass added you can get some real nice clumpy effects which look more like real rock rather than trying to go for a straight slick look. Either way if you put in the mist and get the situtation right you wont even really get to see the rocks due to all the plants and moss. Here is a close up of a rock at Selbys you cannot really even tell its their.