Early Spring in the Garden

[GrimLore]

Thanks folks!

Try this one Grimmy
https://round.me/tour/35576/view/

Awesome - I did not get the first one you posted here in a new toy or something working but these two do! You have your own Google Earth! Thanks for sharing man - I miss our trees and always a delight to see yours!

Grimmy

 

[eugen_onegin]

Great stuff John! Thanks for sharing your garden and inspiring the rest of us.

On a side note, I find it very difficult to find any information on or how to obtain great rock planting rocks. It's one thing to search around different nurseries for decent material but how do you come upon all of those amazing rocks? The arches and the caves... it's just really nice to see that private collections can thrive on the East Coast.

 

[johng]

Great stuff John! Thanks for sharing your garden and inspiring the rest of us.

On a side note, I find it very difficult to find any information on or how to obtain great rock planting rocks. It's one thing to search around different nurseries for decent material but how do you come upon all of those amazing rocks? The arches and the caves... it's just really nice to see that private collections can thrive on the East Coast.

Hey onegin! I have always claimed that good rocks are as hard to source as great pottery. Finding Great rocks is almost in the realm pure luck. Here are a few ways I find them....
Collecting
Stone yards
Aquarium stores...ask for lace rock...there are also some eBay sellers of lace rock....NOT base rock
If you really willing to put your neck out there feller stone in Utah sells bulk Lace.
Good luck!

 

[sorce]

Finding Great rocks is almost in the realm pure luck

And that happens only after having a truckload delivered!

I watched the video on the creation of the big one again the other night.....

Update?

Sorce

 

[johng]

Sorce... Which big one are you referring to?

 

[sorce]

Pondered for 3 years, cemented, little bottom rock pocket, Junipers and shimpakus, no, shimpakus and azaleas!

Sorce

 

[Stickroot]

For your enjoyment!

Gooood morning !
I just woke up and watch the video.
Great stuff!

 

[johng]

Pondered for 3 years, cemented, little bottom rock pocket, Junipers and shimpakus, no, shimpakus and azaleas!

Sorce

It was in this video...did you see it?

 

[Jarath]

Pure envy from me

 

[ColinFraser]

Lovely; thanks for sharing!

 

[sorce]

It was in this video...did you see it?

Don't think so. Sorry.



Sorce

 

[johng]

Don't think so. Sorry.

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Sorce

Starting at 1:45 seconds there is nice shot

 

[Jacos]

Great work you have done John, love it !

 

[BE.REAL]

Hello,
First I wanted to say Thank you, I have, I think, gone through your video's a few hundred times, and still keep learning.
Your creations and experience come through with this garden, one that i'm sure everyone envies! Your were a great help when I began rock plantings, and with time and development, hopefully will have some like yours shown.
I am also curious about a certain item in the garden, around 2:30, in the back there is a greyish, what looks like rock, between the large hedges. I have also been researching Suiseki and rock lovin' and is that a limestone mountain landscape type?. It is intriguing for me!!

Anyway thanks again and love to see another video and how this garden progressed, moss on the flagstones, and tree growth, patinas on everything, etc. haha

 

[just.wing.it]

I wish John G would grace us with his presence and amazing trees once in a while nowadays...?

 

[BE.REAL]

@just.wing.it , fully agree!!

not that I know him, but I got the feeling, and agree if its the case, that he may have got annoyed with some people of the B. community. Some people want to be told step by step, great detail on how to do things. Instead of researching themselves, reading, watching, or learning through experience, fails, trial and error and so on. And furthermore, don't want or like the answer, AAARRGGHHH
I always liked and appreciated his more direct personality rather than people being sugar coated.
again, I may be way off, but either way, he is missed, and hope all the best, and he will forever be on my list of influential people that helped me indirectly on my Bonsai/Suiseki voyage.

Maybe we can keep posting on here and annoy him to post, hahaha.

Best wishes to all

 

[my nellie]

... ...Maybe we can keep posting on here and annoy him to post, hahaha.
Best wishes to all

Why not?
That's a good idea and if it proves successful we all will be honored to read again @johng !
Best wishes to you, too!