Tree shaping

[zadok]

Has anybody seen this. Simply amazing!
pooktre.com/

would love to try this someday

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[steev]

That's pretty cool. I've long thought that someday I want to grow a picnic patio; a ring of trees joined trunk-to-trunk to "fence" it.

[mnjrutherford]

Bonfante Gardens - www.gilroygardens.org/

They sold a book about a gentleman who was a parent of the creator.. I think (this is ancient history in my memory so forgive me if I'm off a bit). The title was something along the lines of "The Man Who Talked to Trees"? Something like that. Anyhow, he did this. He had several trees that he formed into a series of gothic arches among many other fascinating sculptures. I wonder where that book is!

Here we go, circus trees! Check out this link: www.gilroygardens.org/circus.html

This will give you some background. Has some photos of just what your talking about Steev.

[steev]

You know, I've long known of Bonfante Garden, but never gone. That is the sort of thing I have in mind. I envision a ring of trees ~5' apart and ~30' diameter to the ring, the trees being joined up to 3' or 4' by cross-grafts to "fence" the ring, except for a couple of doorways. I might live to see a shady room for outdoor living. I think I could do it with bigleaf maples or fruitless mulberry, both of which make long canes that I think would work.

I don't doubt the neighbors would think I'm nuts; they're probably right; it keeps the riff-raff away. Treehenge! Hugging trees is not enough; one must grow them!

[mnjrutherford]

I strongly suggest you get out that way if you can Steev. It's really lovely. We went twice. Once during the day and again in the evening during the Christmas season. It was very new still and the gardens were not yet mature. Also, we had two wee little fellows with us so our attention was more focused on them and making sure they enjoyed themselves. Which they did! I would love to hear a report on how they are developing.

As for being nuts... considering where you live... how on earth can anyone consider you nuts?

Here's the Wiki entry for Axel Erlandson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Erlandson

[steev]

True, California really is Granola-Land: fruits, nuts, and flakes; my peeps, for sure, and I'm happy to have it so; normality is overrated and under-baked.

[mnjrutherford]

Yea, you should have seen us fitting into our new "neighborhood". We got all the pot smoking hippy jibes out of the way during the first year. Suddenly, they realized how serious we were about our gardening... though they were amazed at my first attempt at 3 sisters which they decided was "ant hill" farming. It didn't work and I was congratulated at the end of the following season for not trying it again... LOL Our property shares the lines of 4 families who are all blood relations, all our friends, and all a bit... hmmm... "stand offish" with each other. Puzzling that.. but there it is.

I sometimes miss California. But the cereal barons are all to far into the money to make it a safe haven for us.

[steev]

"Stand-offish" with family makes perfect sense to me. So many of us would like to re-invent ourselves a bit; that's very hard to do surrounded by all the people who've known us life-long; they know where the bodies are buried! And the dreams and dumb-ass mistakes, too. Like anything else, family is a mixed bag: sometimes full of goodies, sometimes not good for anything but setting afire on the front porch of your worst enemy, so to speak.

[zadok]

Very cool Link ! Thanks for sharing!