Comments on: What Is A Nice Garden Doing in A Dump Like This http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/ Fri, 18 May 2012 06:14:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: chandler arizona landscaping http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3961 chandler arizona landscaping Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:54:07 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3961 Hey Phillip! I just discovered your blog today, what an amazing work of art. The pictures and writing are amazing! You really know your stuff when it comes to gardening! Thanks again... Hey Phillip! I just discovered your blog today, what an amazing work of art. The pictures and writing are amazing! You really know your stuff when it comes to gardening!
Thanks again…

]]> By: Monica http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3547 Monica Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:39:41 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3547 I love, love, love this idea! The only local equivalent I can think of is the <a href="http://www.heidelberg.org/" rel="nofollow">Heidelberg Project</a> in Detroit, but that's without a garden. Thanks for sharing the photos. I love, love, love this idea! The only local equivalent I can think of is the Heidelberg Project in Detroit, but that’s without a garden. Thanks for sharing the photos.

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3425 admin Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:44:54 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3425 Hi Jan! Thank you so much for your lovely comment! :) I only found out about the Pacific Garbage Patch myself when I took this tour. This really impressed upom me on the need for recycling. I hope to get a new post up soon. This next one is taking some time. Thank you so much for reading this and your comment! :) Philip Hi Jan!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
:)
I only found out about the Pacific Garbage Patch myself when I took this tour. This really impressed upom me on the need for recycling.
I hope to get a new post up soon. This next one is taking some time.
Thank you so much for reading this and your comment!
:)
Philip

]]> By: Jan(ThanksFor2Day) http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3421 Jan(ThanksFor2Day) Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:13:52 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3421 Phillip, I'm sorry I missed this post when it first came out. I thought you did a great job with your post and covered the issues very well. I had no idea there is an area about twice the size of TX in the ocean like you mentioned...this is just horrible news! I wonder, like Esther does, why we don't hear about this by the mainstream news?? It drives home for me the necessity of taking recycling seriously and becoming aware of the long-term effects of plastic use! Thanks for a super post...I really enjoyed reading it:) Jan Phillip, I’m sorry I missed this post when it first came out. I thought you did a great job with your post and covered the issues very well. I had no idea there is an area about twice the size of TX in the ocean like you mentioned…this is just horrible news! I wonder, like Esther does, why we don’t hear about this by the mainstream news?? It drives home for me the necessity of taking recycling seriously and becoming aware of the long-term effects of plastic use! Thanks for a super post…I really enjoyed reading it:)
Jan

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3420 admin Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:22:12 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3420 Hi Julie! Thank you so much for your comment! I love Sweden, but I have only been there in the Summer, and I have not ventured much beyond Stockholm. Will you show images on your blog? Best regards, Philip Hi Julie!
Thank you so much for your comment!
I love Sweden, but I have only been there in the Summer, and I have not ventured much beyond Stockholm.
Will you show images on your blog?
Best regards,
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3419 admin Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:18:01 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3419 Hi Esther! A boat made from plastic bottles named the Plastiki will sail from the great Pacific Garbage to San Francisco do draw attention to this. Sounds like something you would read about on estherinthegarden.blogspot.com I am working on a new post, but it is taking forever to finish. I love your recent posts and the ones I missed. :) Philip Hi Esther!
A boat made from plastic bottles named the Plastiki will sail from the great Pacific Garbage to San Francisco do draw attention to this. Sounds like something you would read about on estherinthegarden.blogspot.com
I am working on a new post, but it is taking forever to finish. I love your recent posts and the ones I missed.
:)
Philip

]]> By: Esther Montgomery http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3415 Esther Montgomery Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:04:09 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3415 I'm not sure that I like much of the sculpture, Philip (quite like the chairs)but very much like the idea of the place. The statistic about the ton of paper gives me the creeps and I'm absolutely horrified by this mass of mess congealed in the ocean. I wonder how on earth this isn't more widely mentioned. Esther Montgomery I’m not sure that I like much of the sculpture, Philip (quite like the chairs)but very much like the idea of the place.

The statistic about the ton of paper gives me the creeps and I’m absolutely horrified by this mass of mess congealed in the ocean. I wonder how on earth this isn’t more widely mentioned.

Esther Montgomery

]]> By: julie http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3412 julie Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:54:46 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3412 Well, "pretty" is relative and as you say, Philip, good gardens can be about ideas. And of course, they summon feelings. Great post and fun to see places far from the snow-covered Midwest. We just returned from rural Sweden where my mother-in-law sorts garbage into four containers: Food waste, burnable items, metals and plastics. Another friend in Stockholm, as we accompanied him as he dropped off garbage at a neighborhood center, said that this sorting of garbage is actually voluntary, but everybody does it. It's all related... Well, “pretty” is relative and as you say, Philip, good gardens can be about ideas. And of course, they summon feelings. Great post and fun to see places far from the snow-covered Midwest. We just returned from rural Sweden where my mother-in-law sorts garbage into four containers: Food waste, burnable items, metals and plastics. Another friend in Stockholm, as we accompanied him as he dropped off garbage at a neighborhood center, said that this sorting of garbage is actually voluntary, but everybody does it. It’s all related…

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3409 admin Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:16:48 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3409 Hi Gail! I think in Washington DC Vinca major and Vinca minor just left the building! ;) http://www.clayandlimestone.blogspot.com/ Thanks so much for your comment! Warm regards, :) The Heady gardener Hi Gail!
I think in Washington DC Vinca major and Vinca minor just left the building!
;)
http://www.clayandlimestone.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for your comment!
Warm regards,
:)
The Heady gardener

]]> By: gail http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3408 gail Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:25:15 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3408 Phillip, A good post! The thought of a massive garbage dump floating in our oceans is alarming...We have got to deal with waste in a sensible fashion. We were having a conversation about all the waste left on Everest over the years and that prompted a trip on the internet! Fascinating. Thank you for all the good information and for this great look at my favorite art medium. If I could I would learn to weld just to create pieces like you've shown...They resonate with me and would be welcomed at Clay and Limestone. Standing in the dump doesn't, even with goggles, gloves and mask. Thank you for doing it! gail Phillip, A good post! The thought of a massive garbage dump floating in our oceans is alarming…We have got to deal with waste in a sensible fashion. We were having a conversation about all the waste left on Everest over the years and that prompted a trip on the internet! Fascinating. Thank you for all the good information and for this great look at my favorite art medium. If I could I would learn to weld just to create pieces like you’ve shown…They resonate with me and would be welcomed at Clay and Limestone. Standing in the dump doesn’t, even with goggles, gloves and mask. Thank you for doing it! gail

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3402 admin Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:43:13 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3402 Hi Jon! Thanks so much for your comment! I enjoy your blog. All the best, Philip Hi Jon!
Thanks so much for your comment!
I enjoy your blog.
All the best,
Philip

]]> By: Jon http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3401 Jon Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:19:41 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3401 Philip, Very interesting post. Making art out of found objects in the garbage dump and having the results displayed in the garden there certainly brings awareness to the public of so many positive possibilites of what can be done with trash. Thanks for this thought-provoking post. Jon at Mississippi Garden Philip,
Very interesting post. Making art out of found objects in the garbage dump and having the results displayed in the garden there certainly brings awareness to the public of so many positive possibilites of what can be done with trash. Thanks for this thought-provoking post.

Jon at Mississippi Garden

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3398 admin Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:21:03 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3398 Hi Shirley! I love pure aesthetic gardens usually, but I have to say this garden really opened my eyes and changed me. Thank you so much for your lovely comment! :) Philip Hi Shirley!
I love pure aesthetic gardens usually, but I have to say this garden really opened my eyes and changed me.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
:)
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3397 admin Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:16:55 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3397 Thanks jerry! :) Thank you so much for your support! You made my day! :) Philip Thanks jerry!
:)
Thank you so much for your support!
You made my day!
:)
Philip

]]> By: Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3395 Shirley Bovshow "EdenMaker" Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:47:31 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3395 Leave it to Philip to take us through a tour of a "dump garden!" Bravo. The gardens and the art are beautiful and I like the fact that the sculptures have all been repurposed from the trash heap. As always, you give us "added value" garden history information. Thanks Philip! Shirley Leave it to Philip to take us through a tour of a “dump garden!” Bravo.
The gardens and the art are beautiful and I like the fact that the sculptures have all been repurposed from the trash heap. As always, you give us “added value” garden history information. Thanks Philip!
Shirley

]]> By: Jerry Burt http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3394 Jerry Burt Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:31:54 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3394 As usual Philip, I'm left feeling so satisfied after reading your blog. That you can somehow tie Baroque gardens and the dump in the same paragraph (and make it sound so scholarly i might add) is a testament to your artistry. Thank you for going out on a limb and showing us all something new. As usual Philip, I’m left feeling so satisfied after reading your blog. That you can somehow tie Baroque gardens and the dump in the same paragraph (and make it sound so scholarly i might add) is a testament to your artistry. Thank you for going out on a limb and showing us all something new.

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3393 admin Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:55:50 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3393 Hi James! I like that you look at the world with "an aesthete’s hat". Shaggy sculptures! I like it! I was great to read your comment today! Thanks so much! :) Philip Hi James!
I like that you look at the world with “an aesthete’s hat”.
Shaggy sculptures! I like it! I was great to read your comment today!
Thanks so much!
:)
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3392 admin Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:51:00 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3392 Hi Anna! I loved your recent post on FlowerGardenGirl Have a great day! Thanks for your comment! :) Philip Hi Anna!
I loved your recent post on FlowerGardenGirl
Have a great day!
Thanks for your comment!
:)
Philip

]]> By: admin http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3391 admin Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:49:58 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3391 Hi Susan! I have been enjoying your blog, Garden Chick! Thank you for your comment. I have to admit, i love plants, and am working on a plants post. I do think that there are many kinds of gardens, and it is very interesting to think about and consider. Thanks, Susan! :) Philip Hi Susan!
I have been enjoying your blog, Garden Chick!
Thank you for your comment.
I have to admit, i love plants, and am working on a plants post. I do think that there are many kinds of gardens, and it is very interesting to think about and consider.
Thanks, Susan!
:)
Philip

]]> By: lostlandscape(James) http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3386 lostlandscape(James) Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:24:28 +0000 http://philipsgardenblog.com/2009/01/17/what-is-a-nice-garden-doing-in-a-dump-like-this/#comment-3386 Philip, Everyone needs to take this journey occasionally to see what happens to the stuff that ends up in the waste bins. Thanks for taking us there, and to see an original way to draw our attention to the problem of the waste we produce. I've always found dumps to be interesting places, and the main city one, maybe 4 miles from my house, is a massive earthwork that's different whenever I pay it a visit to drop off something. It's a space that can't be appreciated as landscape, really, but more as sculpture--unnecessary sculpture. It's easy for me to put on my aesthete's hat and say that I find the bales of paper striking, like shaggy 60s minimalist sculpture. But the fact that they're tons of waste drags me back to reality and the problems that we all face. Kudos to the city for all their forward-looking programs! James Philip,
Everyone needs to take this journey occasionally to see what happens to the stuff that ends up in the waste bins. Thanks for taking us there, and to see an original way to draw our attention to the problem of the waste we produce. I’ve always found dumps to be interesting places, and the main city one, maybe 4 miles from my house, is a massive earthwork that’s different whenever I pay it a visit to drop off something. It’s a space that can’t be appreciated as landscape, really, but more as sculpture–unnecessary sculpture. It’s easy for me to put on my aesthete’s hat and say that I find the bales of paper striking, like shaggy 60s minimalist sculpture. But the fact that they’re tons of waste drags me back to reality and the problems that we all face. Kudos to the city for all their forward-looking programs!
James

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