http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/stunning-beijing-olympic-topiary-gardens/art Art, the odd, the unusual, offbeat news, weird sciences, a little business, and yes, even trucking! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:39:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/stunning-beijing-olympic-topiary-gardens/art/comment-page-6#comment-191130 Massive vertical gardens and topiaries from China « Living Walls and Vertical Gardens Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:41:19 +0000 http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/?p=4136#comment-191130 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] These pictures are from the Olympic Topiary Gardens in China from a while back. 80 botanic gardens from more than 25 countries worked together to come up with these amazing designs. Topiary gardens and living walls are very similar. For topiaries, they typically involve a wire mesh that forms the shape of the garden. Sphagnum moss is stuffed inside the wire mesh and then the plants are grown out of the moss. Sphagnum moss is known for its ability to retain water and resist diseases which makes it a great growing medium. For large structures such as this, generally a very skilled welder and artist has to weld thick metal structures together, then potentially weave small gauge wire to hold in the moss properly. Piping and pumps are used to get the water to all parts of the topiary gardens. These pictures were from lifeinthefastlane. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] These pictures are from the Olympic Topiary Gardens in China from a while back. 80 botanic gardens from more than 25 countries worked together to come up with these amazing designs. Topiary gardens and living walls are very similar. For topiaries, they typically involve a wire mesh that forms the shape of the garden. Sphagnum moss is stuffed inside the wire mesh and then the plants are grown out of the moss. Sphagnum moss is known for its ability to retain water and resist diseases which makes it a great growing medium. For large structures such as this, generally a very skilled welder and artist has to weld thick metal structures together, then potentially weave small gauge wire to hold in the moss properly. Piping and pumps are used to get the water to all parts of the topiary gardens. These pictures were from lifeinthefastlane. [...]

]]> http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/stunning-beijing-olympic-topiary-gardens/art/comment-page-6#comment-181046 Gavin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:08:21 +0000 http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/?p=4136#comment-181046 That's incredible. Topiary art taken to the next level. .-= Gavin´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.livingwallart.com/vertical-gardens/martha-stewarts-vertical-garden/" rel="nofollow">Martha Stewart’s Vertical Garden</a> =-. That’s incredible. Topiary art taken to the next level.
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]]> http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/stunning-beijing-olympic-topiary-gardens/art/comment-page-6#comment-157185 mengembalikan jati diri bangsa Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:29:23 +0000 http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/?p=4136#comment-157185 nice picture, these are so beautiful .-= mengembalikan jati diri bangsa´s last blog ..<a href="http://blog.wongsableng.com/hello-world.html" rel="nofollow">Hello world!</a> =-. nice picture, these are so beautiful
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]]> http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/stunning-beijing-olympic-topiary-gardens/art/comment-page-6#comment-143868 Plants Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:54:23 +0000 http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/?p=4136#comment-143868 these are so beautiful!! these are so beautiful!!

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