Recycling to make a beautiful garden feature
We do however have mosquitoes, and at this time of the year always have mosquito coils burning....... along with a couple of citronella candles,....... along with personal insect repellent on really bad evenings.
So.. I was eying these palm fronds that just lie around the bases of palm trees and end up in the landfill. I nabbed this one from a friend and voila - a tropical chimnea :)
This is what it looked like itn the raw:
I cut the bottom end straight and glued it to a pot base. My hubby very kindly spray painted it with a terracotta colour spray paint.
It puts out a lovely glowing light, the candle is protected from the wind and best of all the outlay was a can of spray paint!
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Comment by Michelle W. Flannery on November 30, 2009 at 7:38pm - Beautiful and creative Gillian. I really like this idea, and the product of this idea!
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Comment by Gillian on November 29, 2009 at 4:21pm - thanks for the comments - I think I am starting a trend here.... It seems I am not the only one that has been wondering if they cannot be used for something. Glen, those are the ground orchids, one of my favourite flowers - the multiply almost like weeds here, they flower continually at this time of year and come in purple or a very pale pink. I have heard agapanthus are considered invasive here.
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Comment by amna mufti on November 27, 2009 at 1:38pm - Beautiful very creative.
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Comment by Glenn Fletcher on November 27, 2009 at 12:48pm - We used to have a super chimenera which came from Mexico, but the frosts got at it. For the last few years of its life i used to stick it back together with fire cement. Like a 3D jigsaw puzzle.
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Comment by Glenn Fletcher on November 27, 2009 at 12:45pm
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Hi Gillian
Are they agapanthus in the background?
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Comment by Kathryn on November 27, 2009 at 12:31pm - looks great, very creative
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Comment by Maggie on November 26, 2009 at 6:50pm - That's fantastic Gillian.
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