Dear fellow Alpine Elves, Surely this is a wonderful opportunity for innovation, for a new approach, for a design that flouts convention? We all marvel at the masterpieces of Halda, Jans and ZZ, but originality can be just as breathtaking. The University of MN Landscape Arboretum could be spoken of in the same breath as Gothenburg, Denver and Edinburgh and not just as another very pretty American garden that spent it's grant?
- Cliff Booker In the paddy fields of the UK. Zone Bog On 17 Jul 2012, at 14:39, Henry wrote: > Shirley, > > Don't we want Josef Halda to design one of those "mountain ranges" he > described when he spoke to our group? > > He suggested of cementing vertical flat rocks with wet clay, no soil. > > Does anyone have experience with this method? > > --Henry Fieldseth > Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, zone 4B > > --- On Mon, 7/16/12, Shirley Friberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Shirley Friberg <[email protected]> > Subject: [Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, July 16, 2012, 8:52 PM > > Hi, > I belong to the MN Chapter of NARGS. I have been requested by Dr. Snyder, > the director of the University of MN Landscape Arboretum to help him find a > person with experience in designing a rock garden. I have been part of a > crew of our members who care for the rock garden at the arboretum. It is not > in a good location as 3/4 of the garden is shaded by a large tree. Dr. Snyder > is new to MN. having come from California. There are plans for additional > expansions to the arboretum. He sees the need for a new rock garden in a > better location. He would like a designer with credentials which would help > get the design approved by the U.of M. He would like it to be a very > attractive design (perhaps with additional features- ie. water, dry bed ??) > as if once approved he would bring it to persons who would consider funding > it. I have asked some members of NARGS but have not gotten any names of > possibilities. I am now putting it to members of Alpine -L. > > Shirley Friberg > MN-NARGS > Zone 5 > Minneapolis-St. Paul area > 651-631-2046 > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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