What are some gardens that absolutely inspire you?

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:53 pm

Here are my favourites:

1.Because of the Tropical Asian Feel and use of bamboo.
http://www.dennishundscheidt.com.au/ImageGallery.aspx

2.The Garden of Roland Emmerich
Because of the scale, and moorish influence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... 8c#t=2810s

3. Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort, Costa Rica
Because I've been there, and because the rivers of hot water create the most
lush jungle I've seen anywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv3rDTMTh7k

4. Fritz Fell's Incredible Garden in Baltimore, MD (only Zone 7a)
Because it shows whats possible in a cold climate.
http://bocajoe.smugmug.com/Tropical-Pla ... &k=HkLCGKC

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:00 am

Fritz Fell's Incredible Garden in Baltimore is amazing! Thanks for sharing!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:21 am

Duke, great topic

Agree with Igor...incredible work Fell has done.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 2:00 pm

Nice gardens good topic. I think the gardens that inspire me the most are the natural landscapes, "valley of fire", "craters of the moon", "snake river canyon" etc...

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:55 pm

RoboCaesar · Post by **RoboCaesar** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:26 pm

Great topic!

That 4th garden is amazing. I bet that guy has to work hard for winter protection though!

Vancouver 8b palm trees inspired me to grow them here in Kelowna 6b.

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I see lots of trachys in Seattle, and they're amazing, but that Jubaea Chilensis looks very tropical! Do they need winter protection in an 8b climate? Maybe I should plant a few and wait 50 years to see...

As for me, one example that stands out is the Eden Project (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Project). It contains an amazingly huge rainforest in it. I hope to visit there someday!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:28 am

Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Vancouver 8b palm trees inspired me to grow them here in Kelowna 6b.

John

Nice palm and yucca pics!

Beny · Post by **Beny** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:16 pm

Yeah...nice Baltimore garden..he need to protect some of these palms like the Washingtonia and maybe the Sabal palmetto. He s living on the edge of the rustic zone for that palm.....nice pics.

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:33 am

Robocaesar. The basjoos in the 4th photo are huge . The photo was taken near my Grandma`s house in South Vancouver. They probably got fried in Dec. that year. I`m sure Jubea`s would need protection in an 8b being a smaller size for quite a few years until the trunk is large enough to sustain itself through some colder spells. The Jubea`s pictured you are refering to were planted at Joe Forte park near English bay Vancouver. They did not survive the winter

. There just isn`t any larger specimens that the city will spend more money on to grow without protection. I would like a couple the size pictured to grow here with protection

Give some a try in Seattle! The Eden project is very cool.
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John

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