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Saturday, February 28, 2009

More painted tree

Here's another view of Michael Petrie's painted tree branches. I did a story awhile back about people who paint dead trees. It's a great way to make your garden a lot more interesting, provided of course that the tree is in no danger of falling over and killing anyone. I saw a dead pine tree painted white with a green tint. It was positively ghostly. Swarthmore College had a bright blue tree that's now gone. I loved it. And I talked to a Hollywood garden designer who painted trees bright yellow to really upset expectations. A painted tree stump would be very cool, or even painted branches placed around the garden. Unfortunately, the only branches I get are small. Millions of small ones that fall in the wind and rain. Can't paint them. Can't even pick them all up. They're just too damned many. Ciao!
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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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