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Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Username: Mark__n_ireland
Post Number: 305
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 1:51 am: |    |
We gardeners here in N Ireland have the famous Czech Zdenek Zvolanek visiting us. He has just make a huge rockery at Pershore and is here for two weeks. While visiting he is doing 4 different gardens ranging from a 10 ton rockery to a trough. He leaves here in mid October and goes to Montreal Botanic gardens to make a rockery there.
He was with me today making a crevice garden which he made and planted in just over 4 hours. I was his go-for. Here are a couple of photos to show what happened. No before photo because I was away getting top soil.
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Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Post Number: 102
Registered: 3-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 8:18 am: | |
He's amazing, isn't he? He was hugely popular at Alpines 2001 with his talks and demos there. I didn't see him, sadly, since I was go-forring for Ian Y and Sandy L for their demos at the same time. My sense of wifely duty was strained that day! Zdenek went on after the conference to help make a new garden at Ron McBeath's, as I remember. It seems he never rests, always travelling the world with his great ideas. Congratulations to you in N. Ireland for securing a visit.You might tell ZZ that his admirers in Scotland were asking for him. |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 9:24 am: | |
late last night I was thinking we should have let the Scottish Rock know he was here and sent him your way. Margaret and I are taking him to the Mournes today. Will I ask him if he would like to stop in Scotland on the way home from Canada? |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Post Number: 312
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 2:20 pm: | |
unfortunately is ticket from Montreal is Paris and the Prague.
here is my finished crevice garden .. and now to go buy a few extra goodies for it
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Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 2:31 pm: | |
Hi Mark
looks great - keep us psoted as to how it evolves as the plants grow |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 6:30 pm: | |
of course I will. I have photos to sort out of two other rock gardens he has done while here. |
Margaret Young (Myoung)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 6:31 pm: | |
You are very fortunate to get such a great feature for your garden created by the Crevice King, himself! It looks very good indeed already. Just shows, too, what can be achieved in quite a small area. I'll bet the plants are going to enjoy it as much as you do! |
Carol Shaw (Carol)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 7:18 pm: | |
Mark it looks fantastic - we had been planning a trough structure by house - now we are thinking of putting that on hold (troughs all ready to paint and go) and rearranging the bed to the south side of pond to create a real proper crevice bed! When you finally get to visit I'm sure you will find lots to nit pick about - but we'll have had fun anyway! Did you see Davie Sharp's garden at Lhanbryde whilst you were over? When you realise he has only been there for a few years......... |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 10:10 pm: | |
yes I did and it's brilliant. I badly need a new greenhouse to keep up with everyone. I'd love to be able to have a 20 feet greenhouse like Ian Bainbridge so I can have plunges for alpines, Cacti, Crocus and South Africans |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 10:21 pm: | |
here are the two other rock garden he has made
and how me packs a crevice to stop soil getting washed away
The top rockery is about 40 feet across. The lower on is about 8 feet across |
Mark Smyth (Mark__n_ireland)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 10:58 pm: | |
This is the crevice garden fully planted. I was told by Boss Z "no bulbs allowed" but I might sneak in a wee Crocus or Galanthus
ZZ and Harold discuss a miniscule plant others would walk by and not see. ZZ spotted it from 6 feet up.
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