Leylandii - Check this out

All those days, thankfully well past now, stuck in amongst the branches of leylandii. That green stain which combines with the sap to stick to your clothes and hands for days - Nightmare.

But check this out - "Searching for the blue" .

There are 4 of these short films. Personally I'm a sucker for art that uses the sublime and when it is linked to something I know so well, resulting in something totally new and intriguing.

The photos are worth checking out also - www,kathrynwilkins.com

Tags: artist, cornwall, kathryn, wilkins

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Permalink Reply by Hamish on July 11, 2009 at 11:25am: Good stuff, I know what you mean about the memories of Leylandii - I think these trees are another type of Cupressus though, but the photos are brilliant.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gardens4u.co.uk on July 11, 2009 at 11:36am: excellent site/photos im trying to download plug in to watch movies.

im glad your doing something you enjoy and you are very creative/artistic i envy you ,
i hope its enjoyable and less stressfull than gardening.................

all the best (its good ideas to link-in /have knowledge of plants/gardens/environment etc ......Rob (gardens4u.co.uk); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sustainable Landscaping on July 11, 2009 at 7:31pm: Thanks Robin,

Really lucky with this, great job and client. We have to built a couple of quays on the river Fal estuary now, beautiful site - it has been a great year for our contracts but mustn't get complacent not sure what winter will hold in store as only booked up till end of October now. I am wondering whether to go down the artistic assistant route more - there is a huge amount of money available for art projects in the landscape and it is maybe worth targetting such contracts. I was thinking of doing a blog on here about it - the whole 'articulture' thing.

Hi Hamish - Thought the same as you but confidently told it is Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Leighton green' - as such can be a little confusing.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Garner on July 11, 2009 at 10:40pm: great photos, great wall. It is weird when you see something you take for granted as an artistic photo, so much better than all the watercolour rubbish going on down here, every other person on the lizard is an artist it seems and every time i take a walk i have step over herds of them with their sketchbooks and easels littering every beauty spot. You just can't help to check out what they are painting and 99% of the time it is truly ****.

this is what it should be about.; ▶ Reply to This