Weird Gardens

October 5, 2003 11:11 AM

Weird Gardens. 'It started with the winter blues: I wanted my small rowhouse garden to be aesthetically pleasing - at least to me - all year, not just during the growing season. One Friday evening I discovered a pile of rusted and beautifully shaped boiler parts in my alley; they became the fencing for my new rust garden ... '
posted by plep (7 comments total)

That is cool. Thank you so much for sharing!
posted by headspace at 11:39 AM on October 5, 2003

weird indeed. The bottle tree is quite funny, but them gold legs.. naah. (good link)
posted by dabitch at 12:33 PM on October 5, 2003

The rust garden reminds me of this cool sculpture at St. Louis's Laumeier Sculpture Park. It's a garden full of people made out of rusty wire and broken glass.
posted by tss at 2:27 PM on October 5, 2003

Cool stuff! I like the tables.
posted by squirrel at 3:08 PM on October 5, 2003

Yeah Baltimore weirdos!
posted by stbalbach at 5:28 PM on October 5, 2003

Yes, stbalbach - reminds me very much of New Orleans weirdos, and even the house reminds of a New Orleans shotgun cottage.

I also found among her links the House of Shards in Abita Springs, LA., something I hadn't known about before.

Thanks, as always, plep!
posted by taz at 11:15 PM on October 5, 2003

Great link, plep - I love these quirky houses in the genre of the owl house - another great link I got from you! ;-) I really like recycled products made into art! Thanks.
posted by madamjujujive at 11:41 AM on October 6, 2003