Water Fall

These will be the last pictures from the Wichita Garden Show that I will post. I was really impressed with this water fall. I am planning on doing one in the woods behind our house. It won't have as many levels as this one but I hope turn out as nice. Since we live on a hill it should be easy to do. But usually when I think something will be easy and it turns out to be a hassle. But I am going to try it. I will be posting some pictures of the before, during and after so stay tuned.

Wood Arbor

Here is the arbor I am trying to replicate in my yard. I will post pictures once it is done so eveyone can compare my end results to the one at the garden show. the wood they used was Hedge Apple. It is also known around here as Osage Orange. It is a very durable and long lasting wood. Needless to say I do not have any Hedge Apple wood but do have a lot of misc. wood that I will use. I know it will not last as long but I will have the same effect for a few years. If I seal it that might make it last a few more years.

Sunken Prayer Room

I know I am redundant with the photos but some show a little different angle or better color. I hope you enjoy them.

This was so amazing. You couldn't get down to the room you could only look into it from above. But it was built 4 to 5 feet lower than the rest of the garden and and so private. I don't have a spot I could do anything this nice in my yard but I am going to keep it in mind. Check out the fog coming off the waterfall in the back. These pictures just don't do this room justice.

View from above

This display had a tropical theme with the boat, water and tropical plants. They also had a cabana that had steps going up to the roof so that is how I took these. Gave you a different perspective over this display and you could look out over more of the gardens.

Uses for old farm equipment

This display was very unique. Just loved what they did with the old rusty farm equipment. Now I wish Dad hadn't gotten rid of the old truck that my much older siblings used to learn to drive. I guess I could use the old 69 Chey Malibu that I wrecked to make water flow out of. I am sure Dad kept it around all these years to remind me that I wrecked their car.

Wichita Flower Show - Japanese Garden

The Japanese Garden was one of the smaller ones. It was done very nice but Japanese Gardens are not my style. They just don't appeal to me. I thought they did a good job on the set up and design. To me it looked like a good representation of what a typical Japanese Garden would look like.

Wichita Flower and Garden Show

I am planning on having several posts on what I saw at the Flower and Garden Show in Wichita Kansas this last weekend. It was snowing to beat the band when we left Kansas City at 7 in the morning on March 3rd. But I didn't let that descurage me. I was needing a weekend away from the Kansas City plus we went with a friend so I didn't have to drive. We stayed at the Hyatt in Wichita. What was nice was that it is connected to the convention center where the show was held.

Here are some pictures that show the size of the trees and rocks that they brought in. I was impressed. I can't imagine how long it takes them to set some of the displays up. The back side of one of the diplays they had the rocks stacked 10 to 12 feet high. I am envious of the talent that the people who set these up have. The one thing that is amazing is that I was very impressed with the design and how much effort they went through to get everything set up but I couldn't tell you the name of any of the landscape companys that did them. I didn't see any tables set up to tell about the company or business cards to take. It could be that I just missed it. Since I am only looking for ideals that I can do.