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Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
September 28, 2007
01:27 PM Post #4027424
| As artisans, and gardeners, I thought you would appreciate what this artist is doing along Beach Blvd in Mississippi. Many of the beautiful oak trees along the ocean died after hurricane Katrina, but this artist gave some of them new life. Always admired them as I was driving by, but took this opportunity when the traffic was slow to take this picture of one near my home. 
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UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 28, 2007
09:31 PM Post #4028989
| Our botanical gardens did something along the same lines (though not nearly as detailed as your artist) when Rita came through Beaumont. I don't know who the artist is that is completing this project so I can't give anyone credit. I thought it was a great idea. Sure beat digging up all of the leaning trees.
Edited to add that these are inside of the conservatory.
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Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
September 28, 2007
09:44 PM Post #4029039
| Those are cute, does one have a bird house on its head? |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
September 28, 2007
11:26 PM Post #4029418
| I think it does Cath. It's been a while since I went, so I can't say for sure. |
darius
So.Appalachian Mtns, VA
(Zone 5b)
September 29, 2007
01:02 PM Post #4030723
| What a lovely idea to do with dead oaks! |
TARogers5
Kingston, OK
(Zone 7a)
October 12, 2007
02:32 PM Post #4075905
| I have never done any carving but I have this tree. (I took and erased the branches) that has died on me. So I am going to try. LOL
Now all I see is a dead oak tree.. What do you see???
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zenpotter
Minneapolis, MN
(Zone 4b)
October 22, 2007
08:24 AM Post #4109868
| I see a dancer standing on one leg and flinging her arms in the air with joy.
Are you good with a chain saw? That seems to be the preferred tool for tree carving. |
Pagancat
(Sheryl) Gainesboro, TN
(Zone 6b)
October 22, 2007
08:44 AM Post #4109920
| Yeah - I see that, with a woodchuck sitting on her shoulder! |
zenpotter
Minneapolis, MN
(Zone 4b)
October 22, 2007
08:51 AM Post #4109931
| I was thinking more in the lines of cutting the extra bit off that is at a right angle to the left arm about where the elbow would be. |
missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
October 24, 2007
05:53 PM Post #4119753
| Hello TARogers5
I see birdhouses on each 'arm.' Each house the exact same color and material - but in different styles. I can even imagine a tree 'face' on the trunk -- down a distance so that it sits below the 'arms' ...so that the limbs and the birdhouses on these 'arms' become part of a fancy hairdo. At the very top (the widest stump) there would be a mass of metal shavings forming a big 'nest' (you can get these free at any metal machine shop) nailed into the top and then I'd have to figure out a 'feather' poking out the metal "nest." |
wrenwood
Deridder, LA
October 31, 2007
07:31 PM Post #4144594
| I see wildlife condo---Select the type you want and carve to fit their niche. Just don't put preservatives on wood. |
TARogers5
Kingston, OK
(Zone 7a)
October 31, 2007
07:37 PM Post #4144612
| Thanks for the tips everyone. Now I just have to have the courage to attempt it. Waiting for all the plants to die back so I can cut out the top. |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
October 31, 2007
08:27 PM Post #4144782
| Ted, be sure to take photos as you go along and share the experience with the rest of us here. Now that you have us all involved, we wanna see it happen! @~@
Janet |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 03, 2007
09:16 PM Post #4155139
| How about this tree? Maybe I'm still in the Halloween mode...tee hee. 
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missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
November 03, 2007
09:41 PM Post #4155232
| SPOOKY!
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David_Paul
Clinton, CT
(Zone 6b)
November 08, 2007
11:51 PM Post #4173984
| Very nice sculpture and certainly a needed bright spot after the devastation. So please do not take this as a criticism or a suggestion of what should be done with the trees. In addition the oaks might be truly dead and what I'm about to relate won't work.
That said, for thousands of years, oak and other trees were harvested by a method called "coppice". New shoots which emerge from an oak cut down to the ground grow twice as fast as a newly planted tree. Ash trees which normally live 200 years have lived 500 to 1,000 years when coppiced. This was an essential practice in medieval England. I'm not an arborist so don't go by what I say. If there is an oak or other broadleaf tree you think is gone but wish weren't, if you don't mind the look of a coppiced tree, check with the extension service or someone who knows and see if coppicing is an option.
Coppicing almost died out in England after WWII but is making a comeback as this article in Wikipedia details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppice |
Pagancat
(Sheryl) Gainesboro, TN
(Zone 6b)
November 09, 2007
12:20 AM Post #4174067
| >gasp!<
(just yanking your chain!) |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 09, 2007
06:21 PM Post #4176567
| David,
That information is really interesting, I had no idea what coppicing was. I googled around to see if MS Gulf Coast had tried to integrate that sort of practise with the oaks, did not get anything difinitive. But the following website had some great information on the Oaks on the Gulf Coast, if you want to check it out.
http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/us_east/mississi...
Some really great pictures of the Oak trees in our area.
I am personally a Palm Tree girl, but the oaks are beautiful and very southern.
Cheers
Cath |
rylaff
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 12, 2007
07:58 AM Post #4184686
| I saw this "sculpture" recently when I was a Biloxi. So amazing to be driving along and to see this. I had to look twice. |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
November 12, 2007
11:05 AM Post #4185223
| rylaff,
Did you see the group of these oak sculptures near the lighthouse in Biloxi?
We drove by them for the first time last weekend, with the new bridge open we were able to drive to the Peter Anderson festival in Ocean Springs along the Highway 90. It was so nice not to have to travel on the interstate 10!
Next time I am by, I will take some more pictures of them. My guess is there are around 10 or so of these along Beach Blvd/Hwy 90.
They are so beautiful! |
rylaff
Niceville, FL
(Zone 8b)
November 12, 2007
10:17 PM Post #4187308
| I saw the one by the lighthouse!!! Wow, meant to take a picture but forgot. In fact, we turned around and drove past it twice. |
