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Title: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 16, 2008, 22:17:19
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y253/nonrancher/watermyplants.jpg)

somebody mailed this to me- it didn't say where or whose garden it is.
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: star on February 16, 2008, 23:00:45
Someone posted this pic last year GA, I believe its Spain or Italy.

Its still amazing to see....so pretty. I guess they are fitted with an irrigation system with white tubes.

unless they are all airbrushed on of course  :D
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: saddad on February 16, 2008, 23:50:54
Spray and be damned......
 :-\
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: debster on February 18, 2008, 20:52:54
simple leave the bath running with the plug in lol  ;D
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Post by: ninnyscrops on February 18, 2008, 21:40:56
Sure beats pebble dash  ;D
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 19, 2008, 01:08:08
Sure beats pebble dash  ;D  And what on earth is "pebble dash"??
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: asbean on February 19, 2008, 09:45:49
Pebbles are the stones you get on a beach that is not a sandy beach. They can vary in size from quite large to tiny.

Pebble dash is a form of rendering on the outside of a house. I think first a layer of cement (or similar) then that is blasted with pebbles which stick to the cement and form the decoration on the wall.  Popular in the middle of the last century (20th)

We had a pebble dash house in Seaton, Devon,when I was a child, and I spent hours checking the walls for tiny shells - I found them probably a dozen or so over the whole house.  It was only pebble dashed halfway up the walls.

If you google pebble dash for images you'll get quite a few sites that explain how it's done and examples.
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 19, 2008, 11:27:46
Pebbles are the stones you get on a beach that is not a sandy beach. They can vary in size from quite large to tiny.

Pebble dash is a form of rendering on the outside of a house. I think first a layer of cement (or similar) then that is blasted with pebbles which stick to the cement and form the decoration on the wall.  Popular in the middle of the last century (20th)

We had a pebble dash house in Seaton, Devon,when I was a child, and I spent hours checking the walls for tiny shells - I found them probably a dozen or so over the whole house.  It was only pebble dashed halfway up the walls.

If you google pebble dash for images you'll get quite a few sites that explain how it's done and examples.
similar I guess to our stucco walls but with more texture.  Thank you for the definition. Often I'm not sure if it is some British slang on this forum I'm reading. Your word "fleecing" for example always jolts me. Here it means to take advantage or steal from some unwary person and has nothing to do with gardening.
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Kea on February 19, 2008, 13:55:16
Fleecing can mean that here to but not in the gardening context.

Pebble dashing is very common in the UK but I'd never seen it before I came here. If you have stucco and then blast small stones at it while it's still wet that's pebble dashing.

What I want to know is how they got all those plants there in the first place!
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Barnowl on February 19, 2008, 14:45:42
Watering Solution...

Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Old bird on February 19, 2008, 15:27:59
The garden is a bit OTT don't you think?  Not a lot of variety there plant wise!

Old Bird
 ???
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 19, 2008, 17:21:59
and the women look exhausted and are  muttering, "Who dreamed up this crazy garden anyway?"
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Post by: carolinej on February 19, 2008, 17:33:41
I reckon the group on the one side have realised the difficulties, but the old lady with her arms folded is saying,'I dont care, they're staying!'

cj :)
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 19, 2008, 17:56:45
I reckon the group on the one side have realised the difficulties, but the old lady with her arms folded is saying,'I dont care, they're staying!'

cj :)
and the lone woman in the upper left hand corner is being shunned because she wouldn't knuckle under and help water.
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: asbean on February 19, 2008, 18:32:43
Is that a cat, dog or giant sausage in front ofthem they seem to be looking at?
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: carolinej on February 19, 2008, 18:43:54
If its a dog, then perhaps they are wondering how to fit it into absailing gear to go up and water the plants. If it's a giant sausage, well, I'm not going there ::)

cj :)
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Pesky Wabbit on February 19, 2008, 19:03:33
It could well be watered by someone jumping off the roof on a bungee.
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Post by: springbok on February 19, 2008, 19:06:55
Has anyone noticed that no shadows are cast on the walls by the pots lol.

On closer inspection I think you will find its a joke!!.. coz try spotting the difference on some of the pots lol :)  8)
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Post by: debster on February 19, 2008, 19:12:21
i think theyre trying to persuade someone to water the plants whilst they go on holiday  ;D
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Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 19, 2008, 20:26:56
Has anyone noticed that no shadows are cast on the walls by the pots lol.

On closer inspection I think you will find its a joke!!.. coz try spotting the difference on some of the pots lol :)  8)

Judging from the shadows under their chairs it might be almost high noon. There seems to be a slight cast shadow on the right hand wall just to the right of those pots. Try enlarging the view- it looks like the flowers are growing differently in all the pots.

It seems real to me- maybe something a restaurant would do outside to decorate?
Or someone who was potty trained too early?
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Tee Gee on February 20, 2008, 17:32:39
I can not tell a lie!  ::)

It was me who introduced this picture last year.

Made a good talking point hasn't it  ;D

Love the aerial watering can  8)
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 20, 2008, 18:50:18
Has anyone noticed that no shadows are cast on the walls by the pots lol.

On closer inspection I think you will find its a joke!!.. coz try spotting the difference on some of the pots lol :)  8)

There seem to be slight shadows under the pots on the right-hand wall. If you look at the people below, the pic's been taken with the light behind the photographer, which would minimise shadows.
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: star on February 20, 2008, 18:58:39
 ;D ;D ;D @ Tee Gee  ;)
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: asbean on February 21, 2008, 00:05:07
The one in the centre right with the red jumper and the centre parting needs her roots touching  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Eristic on February 21, 2008, 00:20:57
There is a good possibility that they don't water them at all. All the pots have Pelargoniums which can go months without watering. I never water mine. Opps. ::)
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Pesky Wabbit on February 21, 2008, 01:37:19
The one in the centre right with the red jumper and the centre parting needs her roots touching  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Are you sure thats not the pigeons, what with all them pots to rest on ?
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 21, 2008, 03:00:28
I can not tell a lie!  ::)

It was me who introduced this picture last year.

Made a good talking point hasn't it  ;D

Love the aerial watering can  8)
tee Gee, where was this photo taken?  Someone sent it to me a year or two ago that had never been on A4A- guess it has been seen around the world by now but CERTAINLY NOT with this high level of scrutiny!
Title: Re: How does one water THIS garden?
Post by: Tee Gee on February 21, 2008, 10:45:02

No idea where it was taken, like you I was on someones mailing list and it arrived.

All I did was pass it on.
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