Menschen entscheiden sich dazu, einen japanischen Garten zu gestalten, wenn sie in ihren Leben mehr Ruhe und natürliche Schönheit haben wollen. Alle
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Unsere Garten Steinruine Hawkesbury Castle, die mit ihrem gotischen Torbogen und den Spitzbogenfenstern den Ruinenmauern eines mittelalterlichen Schlosses aus England nachempfunden ist, lässt alle Liebhaber der englischen Gartendekoration des 18. Jahrhunderts in die Romantik und Ritterlichkeit dieser Zeit eintauchen und ist ein absoluter Blickfang in jeder historisch angelegten Gartenanlage. Als Gartenkulisse für eine versteckte Sitzecke oder als malerische Trennung zwischen zwei Gartenbereichen setzt diese Stein Ruine aus England reizvolle Akzente und verleiht Ihrem Garten eine romantische Stimmung.
ceramic figure of grandma material: fossil clay, engobe, acrylic paint weight (approximately): 1 300 g height (approximately): 29 cm
Reflection Garden at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art University of Oregon The evolution of decorative and garden sculpture in ancient Greece. The most radical transformation of sculptural art for mainstream decoration occurred in ancient Greece. The earliest incarnation of Greek sculpture was in the form of wooden cult statues, where they were used as objects of veneration. The first piece of Greek statuary to be reassembled was the Lefkandi Centaur, a terra cotta sculpture found on the island of Euboea, dated c. 920 BCE. It is the earliest known depiction of myth in the history of Greek sculpture. The artistic
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Skulptur "Der Kuss", Version in Bronze
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In diesem Stadtgarten im Herzen von Köln treffen geradlinige architektonische Elemente auf natürliche geschwungene Formen. Dennoch – oder gerade deswegen – herrscht Harmonie.
Hier finden Sie eine Auswahl meiner wetterfesten Betonfiguren nach menschlichen Vorbildern. Natürlich ist auch eine Verwirklichung Ihrer eigenen Ideen und Entwürfe möglich!
All these beautiful flowers were spilling over a big stone urn . . . In our house hunting, we stopped in the idyllic village of Curry Mallet. This is the Manor House - just our sort of property! This looks like a gigantic baptismal font . . . A glimpse of the beautiful gardens. This would have suited us down to the ground too. Recently on the market by the look of things, as it was being re-thatched and the garden had been flattened as recently very overgrown. On Friday we killed two birds with one stone and combined a day out at Cothay Manor Antiques Fair with house-hunting, and viewed 3 properties whilst we were in Somerset. We had a complimentary ticket to get in the Antiques Fair, so we got to see the fabulous interior of the house as well as the gardens. I can honestly say, had we the money, and were the property for sale, we would move in tomorrow!!! The gardens were absolutely amazing too, and I now long for some huge stone urns to plant up as they had - spilling over with sweet peas and all manner of beautiful flowers. I will do a special posting of just the gardens, and can only say, if you have the chance, visit Cothay - you won't regret it. The houses to view were an interesting mixture. We were told, the moment we arrived at the first property, that it was now under offer . . . Just what you love to hear when you have travelled all the way from Wales to view it! It would have suited me, on my own, as it was a smallholding, and the neighbour over the lane sold eggs, home made jam and marmalade and garden produce - I just knew we would get on! OH didn't care for it at all - cottage was too small unless you added an extension(he had a point - OK for us but no room for the larger pieces of our furniture!), but the views from the land across the Somerset levels were amazing. I'd get no work done . . . The next house was big enough, had a nice atmosphere, and had a fabulous garden (similar plantings to mine, but more formal, and how I envied her Banksia rose) but the compromise was the closeness of the M5, and sadly that was too big a compromise especially as the house needed re-rendering and chimney work done by the look of things . . . The final property was the "sensible option" for us approaching-geriatrics, as it was a nearly new barn conversion, the end property and with a bigger garden overlooking fields. It had a fabulous kitchen, and was nicely presented, BUT when I asked if the land around was green belt, the agent had to confess it wasn't and indeed, there was further building work scheduled the other side of the courtyard. Sigh. At least we have ironed out some more compromises which we would accept (attached properties if the right sort, and much newer property with character) and those we wouldn't (too small though in lovely spot, and proximity to motorway). Until you actually view, you can't know for sure what you will compromise on. Anyway, I have finally got the area by the front gate just about planted up (two new beds). I went a bit mad yesterday and got a HUGE Fuschia to fill a gap and give instant colour, and a lovely red Achillea with yellow centres to each flower, which backs up the Fuschia and compliments it. I bunged in a couple of dozen Stocks which were still languishing in small pots too. Then we had several hours of rain which watered everything in, and this morning we are back to gorgeous sunshine again. I think this could be Raubritter though it seems like a climber rather than a scrambler which Raubritter is meant to be. One for the next garden methinks . . .
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Differenti tipi di filo sono la materia prima con cui l’artista inglese Derek Kinzett crea le sue singolari sculture. La perfezione delle sue opere è strabiliante, così come la poesia leggiad…
Rikugien is a garden in Tokyo that was built in 1702 by the feudal lord and shogunal adviser Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu. After the end of the feudal era, the property came to be owned by the founder of the Mitsubishi Group, Iwasaki Yatarō. The property was then donated by his family to Tokyo in 1938.
You may remember, a few months ago, I posted about the house at Filoli here, with the promise to post about the gardens soon. Well, I’ll admit I’m a bit slow sometimes, but I do keep my promises in the end. This past week, I got to go home to the San Francisco Bay Area and visit with my sister and made it a point to visit Filoli again to see what was blooming in the gardens this summer. Above is the massive entry way with it’s stunning gothic lantern. Be sure to notice the carved detail in the ceiling overhead. As spectacular as the house is itself, the interiors pale in comparison to the landscape and gardens in my opinion. The plantings and displays change every season. In the nearly thirty years I’ve been visiting the estate, I’ve never once seen the same place twice. It is truly remarkable the amount of talent and hard work that the volunteers and staff put into keeping the home and gardens as magnificent as they always are. Just outside of the front entrance they have recently erected a temporary dovecote covered in succulents and topped with a thatch roof. Robin Stockwell, owner of Succulent Gardens in Castroville, California, designed and planted the vertical panels covering the walls of the dovecote and loaned them to Filoli. Filoli staff Lucy and Jonathan Tolmach designed the dovecote which was built by Filoli's woodworker, Paul Feichter. The succulents in the dry wall, the containers and the thatch shingles were grown by Filoli greenhouse staff. The design of the structure was inspired by an original aviary in the greenhouse courtyard, which housed the Bourns’ parrots. Dovecotes made today are ornamental garden features, but historically dovecotes were functional and designed to raise pigeons for squab. The word dovecote refers to the dove's cottage and is pronounced “dove cot” in England. The roof of the dovecote is covered in thatch like shingles made from flats of straw seeded with perennial rye. The succulents were grouped and selected for contrasting foliage effects. They were planted in plastic panels which are designed for making vertical walls. The panels are watered from above with a drip irrigation system, which drips water from one panel to the next taking about 100 minutes to completely soak all five vertical panels. The succulents are watered every 7 to 10 days. Hi there! Filoli’s new dovecote houses three mated pairs of pigeons rescued by volunteers of the MickaBoo Dove and Pigeon Rescue, a division of Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue in San Jose. These pigeons, found abandoned on the streets of San Francisco and San Jose, are named June Bug and Bandit, Squeak and Sesame, and Angel and Bo. Exiting the house, you enter the sunken garden. This is the most formal area of the garden and the floral displays are always spectacular. This was the way we found it today…. The peach colored flowers are stock. Notice the potted containers leading up the steps, this is a design element you’ll see over and over again in the gardens. I love it! A different season, a different year; the garden is equally beautiful. The fog rolling over the hills beyond makes a beautiful backdrop for the blue and yellow of the plantings. This time the parterre’s are filled with blue-maybe salvia? See the pots lining the steps? Tulips are a perennial favorite at Filoli. The clock tower atop the former carriage house, now garden shop is the only reminder of times’ passage as you stroll through this lovely setting. Springtime in all of it’s glory. The color selections each year are clearly made by a very well educated eye. Adjacent to the sunken garden is the delightful garden pavilion. Reminiscent of an orangerie, a garden pavilion was a building frequently found on the grounds of fashionable residences on the east coast of America during the 18th and 19th centuries. Similar to a summerhouse or a conservatory, the garden pavilion was a symbol of prestige and wealth. Filoli's garden pavilion was designed to make a break in the long brick wall enclosing the walled garden and to match the architecture of the main house. It has eight stone figureheads at the top of the French-style windows. The interior floor of the garden pavilion is composed of large Tavernelle marble, separating bands of black and gold marble and small squares of Belgian black marble. The wainscoting (or splash panel) around the walls is beige Tavernelle marble. The tabletop is brecciate violet Brocatelle marble. The Bourns used the table in their San Francisco home. The elaborate wall sconces were originally intended for the staircase area in the house. A pair of lovely white doves greet visitors in the summer months. Filoli was designed to include many of the elements you would expect on an English country estate. In addition to a formal garden, plenty of space was allocated for a large working kitchen garden with espaliered fruits, berry cages, vegetable garden, cutting garden and greenhouses. Summer paths lined with lavender. Utterly impossible to resist running my hand through as we travelled up the path. A row of corn-- the knot garden beyond. Knot gardens were commonly designed to display royal coats of arms, figures of plants or animals, or stitches of embroidery, and the interstices would be filled with colored sand and earth (open knot, as at Filoli) or with flowers (closed knot). While knot gardens are traditionally composed of flat hedges, Filoli’s has a different look; hedges are shorn and sculpted into three-dimensional under- and overlapping woven strands, making their maintenance more challenging, but also creating a beautiful, intricate, undulating effect. The shrub that contributes the exquisite maroon color to Filoli’s knot garden is a cultivar of Japanese barberry, Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Pigmy.’ The Japanese Barberry’s dark leaves contrast beautifully with the grey and green foliage of the other plants. In 1991, Mrs. Duncan Low, a garden volunteer had the idea to create miniature versions of the original knots. Filoli’s maintenance staff built two 36” square boxes and engraved the sides to represent the brick pattern of the garden’s walls. Each box took four hours to plant, with dwarf hedges spaced at one inch on center. The lead horticulturist of the panel gardens keeps an eye on the water needs of these plants, and volunteers are in charge of their weekly pruning with bonsai shears. One of many iron gates in the walled gardens. Each one boasting a beautiful view beyond. Spires of acanthus practically sparkling in the sunlight--recommended by English gardening authorities of the period as an excellent foundation plant and in entry courtyards for bold and architectural effect in scale with large residences and has low maintenance requirements. These were grown by Romans in villa gardens. A stunning pink tree rhododendron under the cool canopy of the hundreds-of-years-old trees above. More parterres--filled with simple pink begonias. A visit last Autumn finds a garden asleep--storing energy for it’s spring spectacle. An important element to the formal garden is the presence of the evergreen, Irish yews, which permeate the space creating strong, vertical lines. These compliment the formal design and serve to guide the viewer’s eye to important features. A view of the back of the house~visible here are 8 of the house’s 17 chimneys. A back door with potted flaming tulips lining the steps. Another door boasts delicate pink tulips. The estate has many of these stone planters and statuary pieces--a wonderful way to add architecture to any garden, large or small. A show-stopping Agave plant adds it’s own brand of architecture. I loved this planting so much, the first time I saw it, I came right home and planted my own Agave pot. Hopefully, someday, it will grow to be as jaw-dropping as the one here. Succulents in a cement basin~does it get any better than this? Several of the garden gates are topped by these stone cartouches. Amazing ironwork--craftsmanship not often seen today. There is so much more to see and each time I visit I see and learn something new. It is such a wonderful source of inspiration. Filoli offers many educational programs for gardeners and their website is a virtual wealth of information. To learn more about this magnificent estate and all that it has to offer, visit them at www.filoli.org. To see the post I did on the house, click here. I hope you enjoyed your tour of the gardens at Filoli, I know I did!
From rural cottage to grand estate, country gardens should be tailored to the house and landscape they occupy. Clare Foster talks to three garden designers about the elements that give a garden that all-important sense of place and we've included loads of inspiration to help you design your English country garden to perfection
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