Gardening Ground That Is Not Yours Improving Landscape, Providing Therapy Just A Few Of The Advantages For Landlords And Tenants Alike
I've identified three types of renter-gardeners. I'm an urban farmer, willing to live with a certain amount of chaos on the fringes of my field in order to cultivate food along with the flowers; to the urban farmer, design and looks aren't everything. My sister Karyn is the true landscape artist: She sees a neglected patch of land and imagines Versailles. Ramble-shamble becomes a Zen peace garden. My boss Russell is yet another type of renter-gardener, a pot 'n' barrel gardener, who grows most things in transportable containers; Russ specializes in bonsai but also grows vegetables, herbs and flowering plants in pots.
However, the backyard also features a two-tiered deck that gets sun and allows for enchanting outdoor evenings. Most of Russ' gardening is done in pots, and he has excelled at the Japanese art of bonsai. Having grown up in Orange County when it was still orchard country, Russ missed working with trees.
He now has 40 maples in containers and many fruit-bearing bonsai trees. Replacing the front yard, a high priority, did not break the bank, he says. They spent about $40 on salvaged granite for stepping-stones and installed the new turf with help from neighbors.
Gardening is excellent exercise and mood therapy, and he likes the science aspect of working with soil, plants and climate. Because their work is transportable, they plan to take the pots and bonsais with them if they must move. Any renter-gardener knows that day will come, when we must leave a place and a garden that we have come to know intimately, a place that has been worked, loved and cherished. My sister has poured heart, soul and money into her garden.
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However, the backyard also features a two-tiered deck that gets sun and allows for enchanting outdoor evenings. Most of Russ' gardening is done in pots, and he has excelled at the Japanese art of bonsai. Having grown up in Orange County when it was still orchard country, Russ missed working with trees.
He now has 40 maples in containers and many fruit-bearing bonsai trees. Replacing the front yard, a high priority, did not break the bank, he says. They spent about $40 on salvaged granite for stepping-stones and installed the new turf with help from neighbors.
Gardening is excellent exercise and mood therapy, and he likes the science aspect of working with soil, plants and climate. Because their work is transportable, they plan to take the pots and bonsais with them if they must move. Any renter-gardener knows that day will come, when we must leave a place and a garden that we have come to know intimately, a place that has been worked, loved and cherished. My sister has poured heart, soul and money into her garden.
posted by Davor Novakovic @ Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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