Let's see your ARBORS and TRELLISES !

Thank you.
The folks at Kieffer Landscaping here in Durham get the credit. I drew out what I wanted but they suggested the shaggy cedar material for not only the look but also the scale as a companion to the heavy flagstones.

That trellis has two very long 'legs' underground. I bet at least 1 foot. I will try the rebar - thanks very much for the suggestion. However, I will have to do it by the light of the moon. The last time we messed with installing something in the ground over in that area where the underground pipes that feed the pondless waterfall run, the pipes got pierced. I have been threatened with tar and feathers if I try to jam one more thing in the ground near that track of pipes. That trellis lives right behind the large boulder we drilled for the output at the head of the waterfall.

In that case, then don't do what I suggested. I hit a gas line once doing the same thing.

Maybe someone could build you some U-shaped metal brackets (or wooden) that you couldd attach to the house, and then anchor the trellis to those. One on each side up toward the top.

Another good idea. I bet Frank could do that and knowing him, the brackets would have some kind of nice flat design where they attach to the house. Thanks so much for the suggestion. I have been shoving rocks/bricks between the house and that trellis for a few years now - at the bottom - dirt level, works for a while then next thing I know it leans in. That trellis is very heavy - iron.

He could probably make them out of scrap he has in the shop and not charge you much at all since they won't be seen and don't need to "look good".

Do you mean this fabulous butterfly bench I would kill for?

http://www.wildlifewonders.com/crfolabube.html

And it's ONLY $3200.00

They're GIVING it away ! NOT !

That's why I said I would kill for it. I certainly can't pay for it.

Missing rosy! I knew Don Drumm when he was making cast aluminum house wares.
They had a gallery back in the 80's and 90's.
I will give his site a closer look.
The St Francis is a stunner.I'm looking for something similar. we have a city full of Craftsmen in metal so maybe I'll check here too.
Thanks for the garden tour.

You wouldn't want anything in back of that trellis that would stain the house. I'd opt for wood and I think it's what Jack used for two of ours that are attached to the house.

I have the same problem with deer.

For rabbits I sprinkle blood meal and it does work but they enjoy the tender new growth on plants so it's a constant job.

Pirl - I think we could get it made in aluminum - it is strong and won't stain.

ZuZu - it can be had for less. Here is a photo of the one I chose. There is also a chair with dragon flies that is wonderful and another with horses and one with roosters (and probably more that I can't think of.) The butterfly caught on and got more press.

Ge - yes that is don drumm. His daughter does those pewter switch plate covers (maybe they are aluminum too.... I just thought pewter) anyway, elongated figures...animals,people etc. Some great ornaments and other decorative as well as functional housewares. DD mostly does the templates for Cricket Forge and also large installations for commercial work. A nice family.

Good thinking!

That bench is beautiful!

This is a Drumm aluminum chair and table that I got for the garden but --- I put it in the foyer and it stayed. It is the 'king' but there is a 'queen' too --

If you like the look of aluminum in the garden (trying to stay with Jasper's thread here) and you have time go to the Cricket Forge catalogue and look at the hanging plant brackets ... these are drumm designs and they are really really great. Much nicer 'in person.' Installed at the top of a pole - great art piece for vines.

Your taste and mine are alike.
When I knew Don he and Lisa had a gallery. He and I did a workshop demo together in the early 70's.
I demod pottery he demod the aluminum casting. He is very talanted and Lisa is a dear.
Daughter must not have been on the scene then she would have been a baby and now 50 doubt that works.
Your bench is fantastic.
I checked out the site and will save for a standing eithe St. Frances or Sun sign.

I'll definitely take a look!

I wonder how much the shipping costs is for one of those benches.

missimgrosie: don't worry about getting off topic...it's perfectly fine and you have added some great stuff here ! :)

The pieces I want to price out have to be inquired about.
No idea about shipping but I definatly will look into it.
It'll be either that or the clay sculpture from a local woman Nancy Valle.
Sorry Jaspers thread is compromised but I'll try to d mail further comments if this conversation bothers anyone.
Missingr: the chair and table are fabulous. I covit.
Just moved into a house w/DD and SIL so my space is smaller.
BUT the good news is my garden spaces have expanded ten fold. So I need garden sculpture.
This is a clay birdhouse I made when I was a potter. Chickadees and wrens fight for it every year.

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No ! Keep going !

oops I forgot cant put a pic in an edit.
Here are two Bhouses

I have no idea --but the weight is considerable.

Maybe that is why so expensive in the shops.

Although that 3800 is a bit much. I have seen them commerically for about 2,200 - 2400 and at the shop much less.

Once a year - the shop is open to the public. The Vegas try to sell at cost so that others can have access to the products that normally could not. It is still an investment but would last a lifetime. My very favorites are the fishes (Vega ware - not Drumm in this case)

and this one is the one mentioned above

Its worth a shop opening once a year for the artist. His or hers works go out into the community and advertizes in this way.
I used to have an open studio twice a year and sold pottery by the pound. It was a riot, women would sit in their cars with their egg mc muffins and coffee and wait for me to open up. Gawd I loved thta time in my life.
I emptied the studio and got ready for show season.
Tried to find a pic but no luck.

Oh love the birdhouses and expecially the last - very organic. We have a potter here - I can't think of her name - she does a lot of work meant for outdoors.... pods.... many of them creeping up the trees.. I just love them. Can be birdhouses but sometimes just lays them in a black netting hanging like a hammock from the house eve to the trees... or just creeping up a tree in a cluster. Very nice. Ge - with your pottery background... you would have an easy thing of it to create some little aliens for your trees! Tinka Jordy - our neighbor at the top of the road - she is known for those outdoor fish (oil lamps) .on copper poles.. you see them all the time at the nurseries and once in a Smith and Hawken catalogue.. Tinka has an art show twice/year (she really has fabulous sculpture for the garden..sunken in pools and standing on top of the ground) with all outdoor art etc., and this gal shows there. Also there is this metal artist Mike Roig (maybe I spelled the last name wrong) but he does these HUGE spinning pieces...perfectly balanced (not the checkbook tho.... can be 30,000.00++ each. But has pieces for under a thousand...they go quick. Anyway - one piece "good dog" is in front of the local animal shelter (donated) and it is fantastic a huge huge huge hound. You all need to come to NC - we have months where all these talented folks get together and it is weekend after weekend of outdoor art shows. The NC botanaical garden has an artwalk too with local artists (nobody famous like Chiluly but I think every bit as good!!! (smile) And, when I have time I will post the parts of a pottery totem I bought from a local potter --the entire piece cost under 55 dollars... all wonderfully formed birds and globes etc., and she even gave me the rebar!!
It is a very pretty day today (we have had bone chillin cold) and so I am going to head out. Thank you Jasper for starting the thread. I love to see photos and I am not good at taking and contributing my own and I am glad I had opportunity.

Thanks for sharing your goodies.
Wish I had lived in a warmer climate I would have created things for the pond. Its high maintenence here with freezing and clay.
Just never got into it.
I'll post my tre stuff at another time. Jan Jacque.com
I have her pieces that are attached to my tree.

1AnjL, That is my box pond you are asking about? Yes Ric built it very easy to do. Originally it had a plastic preformed liner then last year we redid it and now it has a rubber liner. Here is a link to raised ponds that will give you a bit more info. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/870256/

missingrosie, I love your cedar arbor, that has a beautiful look. I've seen a bit of your lovely garden before so very nice. The art work is also very nice, unique and personal. I know you mentioned utility lines in the area of your problem trellis but I do have a few ideas. Instead of re-bar Ric uses angle iron quite often, most of my elderly split rail fence is held together with angle iron. He is a bit of a collector and drags home every bed frame he sees lying along the road for trash pick up. They are made from good strong angle iron. You could also build a wood frame for your trellis much like Ric did for my Clematis. Your metal trellis is very beautiful, mine are just lightweight inexpensive but with these easy to do wood frames they are much more attractive and heavy duty. You might just put posts on either side with attractive finials rather than box them.

I have seen that butterfly bench before. There is one for sale at a shop in Duck, N.C. where we vacation. I don't know if they have ever sold one but it has been there for years.

You have clay soil there JoAnn? We are total sandy loam. I guess I won't move to Rochester then. When we go to the Lilac Festival we walk around the blocks adjacent to Highland Park. My gosh, there are some good gardeners up there.

I have to show you all a photo with a funny story behind it. A few years ago, Hortensia, a DG member in Canada, sent me a picture of the snow in her garden. I fell madly in love with a huge garden structure next to her pond. It was a set of tall blue poles and it was like no garden structure I'd ever seen. I was so disappointed to learn that she and her camera had been standing behind a small wind chime on her porch. Even though I've explained the optical illusion, please try to see the photo with my silly eyes and appreciate the beauty of that structure.

zuzu- thanks for the chuckle!
Karen

Yes, it is very cool. You could do such a thing very easily with painted galvanized pipe !

uh oh...thinking...thinking...thinking...

zuzu, I can easily see how you would think that. LOL
If you hadn't told me I might have thought the same thing.

If you hadn't said they were wind chimes, I would have thought the same thing!

Quick Mike, patent it and come up here and build us a pair!

It seems to be set right into some of the pots also! I like it.

That "garden structure" is lovely. Now I want a real one!

JD, I foresee a great new career for you. Look at the demand this thing has generated in just five minutes.

I'll take one too, please Mike. The blue will match my birdbaths.

I think shipping costs will be prohibitive !
This design concept just may have to be altered to be economical !

I want them, too, in aqua to match my astilbe.

I'll let YOU explain that one ! LOL

My friends are "in the know".

Reminds me of the big totem installations in the gardens in Montreal. I've just the spot....