Under a willow sky
Living willow structures seem to be rather popular. Do you have any around you??
Update: Since I've now had a few comments from people who haven't seen these, I'm adding this link to a website run by an 'environmental artist' in the UK. This is about the best illustrated site in English that I've been able to find on the topic. Enjoy!
New Living Willow Sculptures
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8 comments:
Not that I a m aware of. The one you show is a very pleasing dome shape. When you say Willow do you mean a variety of Weeping Willow? Do they use a similar technique to espalier - slowly does it?
It is very lovely ...
I've never seen anything like this before, but it's rather striking and unusual, isn't it?
Have a look at this post of a fellow CDPBer in Canada
http://gabrioladailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/08/deux-chevaux.html
I have cross posted you to him also.
Not that I know of, but I'm going to inquire.
Interesting! I've never seen a willow like this before. I thought it might have been an old jungle gym covered with kudzu - you would probably find something like that easily here in Mississippi.
In any case, very pretty!
Julie: Yes, willow as in belonging to the weeping family. Not that slow from what I can tell -- take a look at the photos on the update that I added to the post.
DC, Lavenderlady and Halcyon: I think they might be only now catching on in the States...
Here's another website (in the UK) that has interesting information:
Sefton Living Shade Project
That is a glorious site showing the various creations of the artist. How glorious to be able to run through a tunnel of a living tree.
I've never seen this before! How fascinating. I'll look for them wherever I go (not too many willows in SoCal but I've seen nice ones in Mesa, Arizona) & at our local Botanical Gardens.
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