Comments on: Gardening Like Monet http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/gardening-like-monet/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:08:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jim/ArtofGardening http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/gardening-like-monet/#comment-393 Jim/ArtofGardening Sat, 03 May 2008 16:52:51 +0000 http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/?p=317#comment-393 Thanks for visiting my site. And don't wait for the dollar to improve in value to travel to France. I don't think the dollar will. I think the U.S. is "ratcheting down" to fit our current standard in the world, and, for the first time in our lifetimes, we're not #1. And the flight attendants were an added bonus. We met them as they were there celebrating the retirement of the youngest of the group. But back to Monet, his plantings were all in rows of like colors. And they were planted so heavily that there were constant blooms throughout the year. Easier to do when you have some wealth, time, space and a good gardener or two. Thanks for visiting my site. And don’t wait for the dollar to improve in value to travel to France. I don’t think the dollar will. I think the U.S. is “ratcheting down” to fit our current standard in the world, and, for the first time in our lifetimes, we’re not #1.

And the flight attendants were an added bonus. We met them as they were there celebrating the retirement of the youngest of the group.

But back to Monet, his plantings were all in rows of like colors. And they were planted so heavily that there were constant blooms throughout the year. Easier to do when you have some wealth, time, space and a good gardener or two.

]]> By: Northern Shade http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/gardening-like-monet/#comment-392 Northern Shade Sat, 03 May 2008 03:06:54 +0000 http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/?p=317#comment-392 This is an interesting look at colour theory for the garden. A look at a Monet painting does make you yearn for large swaths of colourful plantings. I try to create what I hope will be good combinations, but I don't always time it right with the capricious or short bloom times of some perennials. Lately I've been settling for trying to get some good foliage combinations. However, while looking at the above painting, I'm getting the urge to tear out a little more lawn and widen a few beds. This is an interesting look at colour theory for the garden. A look at a Monet painting does make you yearn for large swaths of colourful plantings. I try to create what I hope will be good combinations, but I don’t always time it right with the capricious or short bloom times of some perennials. Lately I’ve been settling for trying to get some good foliage combinations. However, while looking at the above painting, I’m getting the urge to tear out a little more lawn and widen a few beds.

]]> By: Jim/ArtofGardening http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/gardening-like-monet/#comment-391 Jim/ArtofGardening Sat, 03 May 2008 02:27:51 +0000 http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/?p=317#comment-391 If you like Monet's gardens, please check out my posts (there's five or so) on my visit to Giverny. It's and awesome spectacle and hard to get a bad shot (but I may have been teh first!). Visit http://web.mac.com/charlierj/ArtOfGardening/Home/Entries/2007/11/18_Monet_Garden_at_Giverny.html If you like Monet’s gardens, please check out my posts (there’s five or so) on my visit to Giverny. It’s and awesome spectacle and hard to get a bad shot (but I may have been teh first!).

Visit http://web.mac.com/charlierj/ArtOfGardening/Home/Entries/2007/11/18_Monet_Garden_at_Giverny.html

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