Henry, Have you seen any vertical gardens? They are fantastic. Especially if you are wanting to grow difficult alpines. Zdenck Zvolanek made one at Wisley, Kew and the Alpine Society Headquarters. You are probably right in thinking that the general public wouldn't be impressed or understand the significance in that method of planting. I would love to have one at our arboretum, but I don't think it should be the major rock garden as it limits how a garden can be designed. We now have been officially zoned 5- got it from the Hort Society. Shirley Friberg St. Paul, MN. Zone 5
On Jul 17, 2012, at 8:39 AM, 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 Shirley Friberg
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