Winter Stick Garden
A "garden" of red sticks in Boston
The other week, after attending the New England Grows show, I spent the rest of the weekend in Boston. Walking down Boylston Street, I came across this unique take on winter gardening – a “stick garden” outside the Old South Church. It was quite striking altough I imagine it would be even more attention-grabbing with a layer of snow on the ground.
The art installation was called “Red Osier Drift” and was constructed of spruce poles, solid casein stain, and salt marsh hay. According to the sign planted in front of it, “This stick garden is a sculptural abstraction of a drift of Red Osier Dogwood, a native shrub found across the eastern United States. … The sticks were stained and installed by a team of Old South Church members as a labor of love and gift to the city.”
It just goes to show that “gardening” comes in many forms!
fanastic – love it- thanks for showing
I like it too! Yes, it would be great with snow.
Hi, thanks for the note on “Red Osier Drift”. Sorry there was no snow when you saw it but here’s a link to our garden in spring and summer:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3039900&op=7&o=all&view=all&subj=135393181338&aid=-1&oid=135393181338&id=530321999
Cool, seen this in black in a summer gardening show here in the UK, well obviously the stick were from something else, but stick are cool and here to stay in garden design