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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Garden art

There's a lot of schlocky "garden art" out there. Makes me wince to read garden writers who insist you can recycle boots, bathtubs, toilet bowls and sinks and make them into planters or art. I just don't see it. I think the garden ought to be a place of beauty and in my world, plant-filled boots and bathtubs don't qualify. I'm all for being frugal, however. And for restraint. (This doesn't mean no humor!) You may find lots of cool stuff that would look good in your garden, but how much of it is enough? This is a hard lesson for gardeners with limited space or who, how shall we put this, sometimes lack the self-control to say no to new plants and gee-gaws. That was the case with what's pictured here. I don't know what to call it. It's made of copper and twirls in the wind. I saw it at the flower show and simply had to have it. Now, I can't wait to be sitting outside, enjoying dinner at the table underneath it, watching it spin in the summer breeze. Beats a bathtub every time.
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About Virginia A. Smith
Ginny Smith, a Philadelphia native, worked as a reporter at newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Ohio – with six short months at the end of the Bulletin tossed in – before returning to Philadelphia in 1985 to join the Inquirer. Her favorite beats here have included Center City, roving around Pennsylvania (and getting paid for it!) and alternative medicine. She’s also been City Editor and Pennsylvania Editor. Ginny has been happily writing – and learning - about gardening fulltime since 2006. She’s won two silver medals of achievement from the national Garden Writers Association and in 2011, Bartram’s Garden honored her with its Green Exemplar award for her stories about “the region’s deeply rooted horticultural history, cultural attractions and bountiful gardens.”
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