Garden Tripod 44

GTARDEN RIPOD ART Issue 44 May 2019

Contributors Catalogue

Issue 42 March 2019

Cliff Vestergaard Blue Flower

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Editor’s Review

Office News Hound 7 Redbubble 37 The Evening Garden

G ARDEN TRIPOD ART Contributors Catalogue

Editor’s Review

Hi Folks, Please enjoy our new edition with a special thank you to Marilyn Cornwell for her excellent article on the evening garden.

The Garden Tripod e publication has made no profit or loss from the artists works displayed withins covers.

As always .. we are keeping the text real, so spelling mistakes and grammatical errors are all here for free.

Ed

www.bluehorsemukwa.org

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OďŹƒce News Hound Meet the new office news hound Keef.

He’s still learning the ropes and hopefully next month will be writing his own reports.

Keef likes sitting in the sun watching the world, and watching TV.

The Challenge & Featured Images In the Country Gardens come grow with us group

The Challenge :

large l o n g

Mac ro

close-up photography

large-scale big closeups macrophotography

macromolecule

Marilyn Cornwell Demure

AuntDot Luscious Lily

Cliff Vestergaard Blue Flower

AbirMohamad Spring

cclaude Wood Poppy - Spring 2018

Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch Luminous White Night Bloomer

 faithsart Leaves in Scotland

Marylou Badeaux Fresh Rain

AnnDixon Viola After the Rain

Kathilee Hosta with Raindrops

John Velocci Happiness is Yellow

Corina Chirila Tulip petal macro photo

metriognome Green Fan

WhiteDove Studio kj gordon Maui Rain Drops

debidabble Heartbeat Red

chaitra26 Rose

Ana Belaj Delicate

Monnie Ryan Magnolia Magnificence

Joy Watson Shades of Dahlia

Zina Stromberg Coleus

Manon Boily red and green

Nadya Johnson Ruffles

hummingbirds Red Dahlia Flower Closeup

MagpieSprings Cacti - Magpie Springs - Adelaide Hills Wine Region - Fleurieu Peninsula - South Australia

SpiritualBeing Untouched

SummerJade Luminous Pansy

Celeste Mookherjee Love-in-a-mist

autumnwind Spring

Martha Medford Center of Glory

sienebrowne Aubergine Flower

Graeme Hyde Lilium Macro

Alexandra Lavizzari Revelation

Ludwig Wagner Spring Azalea Buds

hutofdesigns Purple floral with leaves

lezvee Hollyhock (Alcea)

Bette Devine Pink Hydrangea

psychoshadow spring beams

WesternExposure Windy Day Tulips

Yannik Hay Crab Apple Flowers

Vicki Spindler (VHS Photography) HDR Blossoms

ŠThe Creative Minds Sunny Dahlia Macro Elaine Teague Magnolia

CarolineLembke Poppy I

Watercolour on Aquarell paper

Congratulations To all our Top Ten Challenge Winners Macro

1st

Cliff Vestergaard Blue Flower

2nd

autumnwind Spring

3rd Kerryn MadsenPietsch Luminous White Night Bloomer

Celeste Mookherjee Love-in-a-mist

4th Marilyn Cornwell Demure

WhiteDove Studio kj gordon Maui Rain Drops

lezvee Hollyhock (Alcea)

5th

debidabble Heartbeat Red

Bette Devine Pink Hydrangea

Joy Watson Shades of Dahlia

The Evening Garden

By Marilyn Cornwell (marilyncornwell.com) Photographer and Gardener Why should we consider the evening garden?

We garden during the day, enjoying the beauty of flowers, plants, shrubs and trees that make a wonderful display. But at night, the colours we so treasure start to fade then disappear. Only white and pale colours are visible in the declining hours of the evening.

And that is what is special - the night garden promises the intrigue of white against darkness. This purity and simplicity allows us to bring to life shapes in the evening garden.

Consider the imagery of the night: the night is dominated by the sky – the moon, the stars and the clouds.

And then there are our own created night festivals of fireworks and lanterns, along with first world adventures such as nuit blanche illuminations.

It seems to me that a garden display can be intriguing, interesting and beautiful when it fulfills the night itself. Think of starry flowers, suspended globes and moon-shaped flowers, clouds, fireworks, and lines leading the eye to a destination – perhaps a focal point that is lit – a special illumination of a garden feature.

So the question is what in the day garden design would be the theme of your night garden design. It is a great question. It asks you to consider your garden story, what makes you garden. What you enjoy the most about your garden. This might be what you want to continue into the evening.

So I look at the night garden through the lens of a gardener and photographer as a story ABOUT the night and a story OF the night.

Each of you has your own story and garden.

So let’s start with what is the key ingredient for me - there is nothing more important than plants – trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals.

There are so many plants through the seasons that can contribute to a night garden.

Consider Star Magnolia for spring, Allium Mount Everest for suspended globes, Azaleas for clouds, and Nicotiana Silvestris for fireworks. Viburnums, Spireas, Hibiscus, Mock Orange, and Roses are lovely shrubs for the evening garden. Perennials, such as Phlox, Coneflower, Echinops, Anemone, and Lilies make for globes and starry effects.

What else is present in the evening? When the visual stimulation declines, it is fragrance – scent and smell that come to the foreground.

This is a time when some plants become more scented. There are flowers that reveal their scent at night. White flowers that are scented at night include Brugmansia, Evening Primrose, Evening Stock, Mock Orange, Night Blooming Jasmine, Night Gladiolus, and Night Phlox.

Finally, there are magical qualities in the night garden. There are the mysterious flowers that open only in the evening. This is a display that contrasts most plants. Examples of these flowers include Night Blooming Cereus, Four O’Clocks, Evening Primrose and Moon Flower.

For people who want to extend their garden’s activities into the evening, there are now affordable garden lighting systems that can bring enjoyment and safety. Walking down steps and venturing around the garden are made easy with low voltage garden lighting systems. The garden can be lit at night as an artistic expression. A caution and consideration: Remember to do this in concert with nature and attend to keeping the lights on for a limited time, so that moths, insects and evening birds can be a part of the night garden without jeopardy.

There are lovely alternatives and additions to the general garden evening lighting. These include solar lanterns, fairy lights on special objects, and special lighting on sculptures. Even simple things like ‘firefly’ projects where mason jars are filled with glow stick ingredients and set out in the lawn – these can be magical.

Everyone can participate in the evening garden - from small projects to large ones. Magic, mystery and romance become the themes of the night garden.

Perhaps this is a theme that intrigues you, and you will become a gardener whose garden tells a story and is an expression of garden art.

Marilyn Cornwell Marilyncornwell.com

Metal dandelion sculpture at the Minneapolis Arboretum. September 2018.

Moonflower in my garden

Datura

Floyd Elzgina’s Pinecone Sculptures:

Origami Exhibit in the Minneapolis Arboretum, September 2018

Feeders of the night

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Congratulations Photography by Mathilde Paul Pasco Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch Barbara Wyeth Elaine Teague AnnaKT Elaine Bawden Hans Kawitzki ©Janis Zroback Ana Belaj Sue Purveur Melissa, Sue Ball

Featured images in the Country Gardens come grow with us group (within RedBubble)

Take a closer look …

Cuckoo Spit and Raindrop by Photography by Mathilde

Reaching out. by Paul Pasco

Radial Charm (Licuala Cordata Palm, FNQ) by Kerryn Madsen-Pietsch

Hellebore by the Bunch

by Barbara Wyeth

Plumbago... by Elaine Teague

Reaching out by AnnaKT

BETH’S POND WITH YELLOW IRIS by Elaine Bawden

1823 Otway reflection by Hans Kawitzki

Blue Night… by ©Janis Zroback

Little snail by Ana Belaj


Upsidedown nuthatch by Sue Purveur


Swallowtail Butterfly Landing

by Melissa, Sue Ball

Looking Back This challenge closed almost 7 years ago.

Top Ten and all entries

Romantic Country Gardens

1st

ibjennyjenny Finding the Words

Joint 2nd

Mary Campbell The Reflecting Garden ©

Joint 2nd

Michael John Scented Colonnade

3rd

Heather Buckley Scented CFoxgloves and Bee at Great Dixter House

Joint 4th

Arie Koene Reserved during moonlight

Joint 4th

AnnDixon Butchart Gardens Lake in May Blossom

Joint 4th

Fara Cottage Garden Beauty

Joint 5th

Marilyn Cornwell Amidst the White of Spring, a Dark Lady

Joint 5th

Yool Wild summer blooms...

6th

Paula Belle Flores A Garden with a View

Runners up..

Paula Belle Flores In The Garden

KSKphotography Coneflowers in the garden

rosedragon Highlighted darkeness

Marilyn Harris Mayfield Cascade

RightSideDown Tangled column

SummerJade Wooden Gate with Padlock and Chain

Elspeth McClanahan Fire in the Hills

Eve Parry The Gazebo

Sandra Foster A Beautiful Country Lane

JoĂŁo Figueiredo Swedish Spring

Jeanne Sheridan Backyard Garden

ASTRID EWING Relaxing in the garden...

Contributors

Catalogues Founder & Editor C Mclenahan Treasurer V Gore

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