Kenneth Egawa—a friend I haven't seen in ages (at least since the late 1990's) but I am connected with on Facebook—recently posted some vacation photos, a Holland America Line Alaskan cruise. I've never had any interest in visiting Alaska, but one of his photos is definitely going in my inspiration file...
Isn't that fabulous!? Ken says the planters are trees that came down during a storm, the nursery (and a garden, see below) sunk them in the ground upside down and plants perennials on the root mass each year. Crazy cool right?!?
*UPDATE, commenter Elaine identified the location as Mendenhall Gardens in Juneau, Alaska. Thanks Elaine!*
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Photo by Kenneth Egawa and used with permission. Words © 2009-2022 by Loree L Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
This is Mendenhall Gardens in Juneau, Alaska. An incredibly imaginative and effective use of these downed trees. The planted part is actually the roots.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the name! So you've been there in person?
DeleteHave been to Juneau but was unaware of the garden. Darn. Coincidentally I just read about it on Fine Gardening's Garden Photo of the Day the day before your post.
DeleteGrinding fallen trees for mulch is a good way to recycle them, but this is so much more spectacular and imaginative. The only sad thing (if any) is that they too are finite creations and eventually will succumb.
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I'm betting they had plenty of trees to grind for mulch, in addition to coming up with this fantastic planting.
DeleteAmazing. Not sure how to actually do this if we had a tree to work with but I love it.
ReplyDeleteRight? It's not the kind of thing your average home gardener can just whip up. Still, it's inspiring.
DeleteThat is super cool. The engineering involved in flipping the stumps on their heads is pretty mind blowing!
ReplyDeleteYa, I'd love to see how they went about it.
DeleteNow that's a great way to use dead trees! You might be surprised by how much you'd like Alaska. My husband and I visited in late summer one year and it was gorgeous. They may have a VERY long cold season but the height of summer is pretty special.
ReplyDeleteI suppose if someone booked me on an Alaskan cruise I wouldn't say no, but there are so many other places I really want to see.
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