I’m thinking about putting some romance — and shade — into the garden with an arbor. Maybe in a style reminiscent of this one at Red Ridge Farms.
As I scrolled for ideas for an arbor I’m planning, I came across pictures of the work of Rees Roberts + Partners. I’m still drooling. I can’t afford any of the designs, but voyeurism brings inspiration and I got plenty of that. I especially like the Mediterranean project about halfway down the page. A version of the pillared arbor actually might work.
PINNING IT: Have you tried Pinterest yet? If not, sign on and explore. I love it. As does columnist Christine Arpe Gang, “… with the blossoming Pinterest, gardeners have another great way to connect with the things they love,” writes columnist Christine Arpe Gang. “The online site, which combines social networking with electronic scrapbooking, allows us to envelope ourselves in stunningly beautiful and inspiring virtual environments with the click of a mouse.”
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: On Huffington Post, freelance writer Katherine Gustafson tells the story of how two neighbors changed a crime-infested neighborhood in San Francisco through gardening. One of them told her about coming home one day to find someone had planted a corner of his yard. “Even though there was a throng of people — drug dealers who were carrying guns, pretty scary folks — she had planted flowers on this little strip of dirt by my driveway,” he told me. “I was so moved by that . . . I thought, that’s what life is about. That’s what community development is about. That’s what’s going to change this block faster than any public investment or outside strategy. And in fact it did.”
— Kym Pokorny
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