Blogger Canada on Aug 01, 2012

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On a recent trip over to Vancouver Island, my husband and I drove from Victoria to Tofino. Here's a few pics of great plantings, gardens and things I just thought were nothing less than amazing. Hope these pics inspire you too!! #garden #spring #plants

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I let out an inaudible squeal when I saw this incredible mushroom at the Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo BC...all I could think of was....'Sooo doing this ne...
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Bike basket stuffed with annuals...there's several of these bikes parked all around the store front of a great bakery in Cowichan bay.
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Reclaimed and repurposed old boat becomes an amazing nautical planter just outside of the Mud Room (fabulous clay mugs!) in a side street down to th...
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The Spinning Ninny is must visit if you are in love with local artisans and their wares. This cooky little store has it all!! From hand knitted toques and boho ba...
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A different view of that fab mushroom
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Glass artisans garden
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Glass artisan Sol Maya displays his unusual pieces in his gardens outside his small A-Frame shop. He explained his passion for glass blowing like...
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More of Sol's amazing pieces.
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This is a great example of a commercial planting. If you have a hot sunny berm this application is perfect, those Sedum Spectablis 'Autumn Joy' are just a...
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Driftwood fence in North Chesterman Beach, Tofino
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I snapped this picture because I wanted to remember this formation in a fence...how unique and it's all just reclaimed wood...wonderful:)
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This driftwood girl is located at the botanical gardens in Tofino...except for the head it was formed by the waves....beautiful:)

22 Comments

Shelley @ Sow and Dipity Canada

Sorry about the descriptions....I've tried three times to give a little info about each picture, but all the pics take on the last ones write up. ( a glitch?) If you have any questions about these fabulous gardens...just ask and I will reply:)

on Aug 01, 2012 · Like 0
Douglas Hunt New Smyrna Beach, FL

Inspiring photos, Shelley. Thanks for sharing. I need to get to Vancouver! The color combinations in the photo with the succulent topiary mushroom are fantastic.

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Jeanette S Atlanta, GA

If someone has some patience, they could make this sculpture! It looks like it is made out of a bale of hay! Cute, cute!

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Ellen H Cullman, AL

Thanks for posting. Love it. All the driftwood makes me long for the beach (and I am not a beach person).

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A Nest for All Seasons Hummelstown, PA

That mushroom is FABulous!

on Aug 02, 2012 · Like 1
Sherrie S Debary, FL

I think the huge mushroom is awesome.

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Karen Memphis, TN

I love the mushroom with succulents! All so pretty!!

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Shelley @ Sow and Dipity Canada

I managed to get my comments up on the photo's :)

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Sharron W Memphis, TN

I Love that MUSHROOM! Definately doing that!

on Aug 03, 2012 · Like 1
Glenda.stice@yahoo.com Pine Bluff, AR

i would like to do a rock bed but dont know wher to start.

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Becky H Tampa, FL

Thanks for sharing your tour through your great pictures. There are some wonderful ideas here!

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Kimberlee Villa Rica, GA

Can someone suggest to me how to replicate that mushroom? I LOVED the pics!!

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Donna Dixson Buford, GA

Kimberly you can make the form out of chicken wire and sphagnum moss.

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Shelley @ Sow and Dipity Canada

@KimberleeJ, I made a 'garden girl' using chicken wire and tomato cages, you can check her out here: http://www.sewanddipity.com/garden-art/
For this mushroom, here's what I would do: reuse an old wire basket form and bend or cut 'rungs' until you have that wide mushroom shape. Depending on how big you want to make this, use a ...»
inverted tomato cage ( bend and cut back ) to get the stem. Wrap both pieces with chicken wire and stuff with moss. For the head,turn it over like a bowl. Line with moss, add plants ( pulling through moss and wire ), then add soil. Top this with one final thick layer of moss and attach chicken wire across the opening, then turn over and skewer it onto the tomato cage moss stuffed stem.

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Deborah Ann Brown Altamahaw, NC

Would love this in my flower bed!!!!

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Jami Huntsinger Belen, NM

Interesting though it is, that mushroom coud be an invite to a lot of pesky insects. I would not plant it that close to the house -- but then I live in the desert where we have nasty spiders.

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Mary Gainesville, GA

if the form of the mushroom is made out of chicken wire, what is on the inside???

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Terri J York, PA

How can anyone not admire this? I LLLLLOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE it!

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Shelley @ Sow and Dipity Canada

Mary, it's just stuffed with moss....see my comment above on how to do it:)

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Analiza Roberts Akron, OH

This inspires me a lot, so lovely.

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Debby Boyle Necedah, WI

All very cool and different. I love them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Marilee H Youngstown, OH

Thanks! These are lovely, with a lot of good ideas too.

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