Whimsy in a Child's Garden
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» Carol Wallace - Re: child's garden...
In response to message posted by Red:What a coincidence that Mary brought this article to the top just now, for it was this very afternoon when I looked at the old headboard for my childhood bed - a Chinese style in brass which we replaced with matching footboards to turn it into a daybed. The old brass one is leaning against the wall in the upstairs hallway and I spent part of my afternoon wandering around wondering where a brass trellis would look good.
I haven't found the right place yet, but I will. (And I'm the only child in my garden. ;-)
-- posted by Carol Wallace
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In response to message posted by CarolWallace:
Carol, be sure to find a place for that brass headboard. It will look great, especially with a climbing rose or other climber using it as a trellis.
I have seen the entire frames of old iron and brass beds used here for flowerbeds. They set them up and then plant the flowers in the center. Wonderful idea. Let us know if you find the headboard a home.
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» Carol Wallace - Re: Re: Re: child's garden...
In response to message posted by Red:Someone entered a "flowert bed" like that in the Tacky Yard Art contest last year. It was tacky because it had been done very poorly - a few flowers here and there and lots of bare dirt and weeds. But in theory I've always thught it was such a great idea - we have an old iron 3/4 bed in the barn that I've been tempted to use like that, but all of our property is so uneven with dips and rises that it wouldn't quite work.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
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In response to message posted by CarolWallace:
Carol,
I know of one woman who embedded the legs of the bed into a terrace. She keeps her garden spotless and it is beautiful. Beauty of course is in the eye of the beholder.
The place is about 30 miles from here, near Lake Erie. If I go that way again this summer, I will try to remember the camera. Of course it might not be as beautiful now. That heat wave ruined a lot of gardens, mine included.
-- posted by Red
» Carol Wallace - Re: child's garden...
In response to message posted by Linda:If I ever decide where to put it and what to plant to cliumb it I'll let you know. It will probably be my own entry in the Tacky Yard Art contest.;-)
-- posted by Carol Wallace
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