tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post3562562934085674050..comments2024-03-28T09:57:16.468-04:00Comments on ArtofGardening.org: Built-in planters. Wright had it right.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-72033471452198959462021-04-13T01:31:22.965-04:002021-04-13T01:31:22.965-04:00I read your post and this blog is very good. You h...I read your post and this blog is very good. You have provided good knowledge in this blog. This blog really impressed me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us. <a href="https://re-story.in/collections/table-planters" rel="nofollow">Table Planters Online India</a><br />restoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05496799605482706560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-5174373146971966162021-03-24T03:23:47.967-04:002021-03-24T03:23:47.967-04:00Pergola tak
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I may not get time to get out to Oak Park...Ms. Wis,<br />I may not get time to get out to Oak Park. But we've been talking about getting out there (as a family) sometime in the next year. I think the open studio tour of his house and a few others in Oak Park are open this week. We almost came out for that. I have a ten-year-old interested in architecture.<br /><br />I read your review way back when - I just checked it out on Amazon. It only covers four gardens! I am adding it to my birthday/Christmas list.<br /><br />I'm hoping to be involved in the periphery of the renovations of the gardens at the Martin House and at Graycliff. Even if it's just volunteer hole digging or getting the word out to the world through my PR channels.<br /><br />I did see the PBS show on Wright and Martin. It was produced locally. I had some friends involved in the production.<br /><br />Martin was Wrights patron at the beginning of his career, and even though Wright never had a budget he didn't blow, the two were as thick as thieves.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-43734993450254724162009-05-13T13:01:00.000-04:002009-05-13T13:01:00.000-04:00Jim — if you're going to Spring Fling you really s...Jim — if you're going to Spring Fling you really should add some time to go to Oak Park. Thanks for the specifics on the planters. I'm familiar with them but had not thought about how they would actually function (sad comment from a gardener!). <br /><br />Have you seen Derek Fell's new book on the gardens of FLW? I did a review a while back; pretty nice. And did you see the PBS program on Wright and Martin? Excellent show. <br /><br />It was Martin that gave FLW his big break with the Larkin Building. And without Martin's emotional and financial support, it's very likely that Wright's career might have ended when he fled Chicago for Wisconsin with his lover, Mameh Cheney. It was Martin's money — never repaid — that built Taliesin, Wright's refuge from the world and his troubles. And a house that needs the kind of finanacial support that Buffalo has given the Martin project.<br /><br />Thanks for this wonderful view the Martin complex and all the details.LINDA from Each Little Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380944603357066650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-73123007601603163782009-05-12T12:25:00.000-04:002009-05-12T12:25:00.000-04:00thanks for sharing these, i love Nike of Samothra...thanks for sharing these, i love Nike of Samothrace (Winged Victory)in the Conservatory, blends so beautifully to me.b&g girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132245728775225752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-44350572890729044382009-05-09T12:58:00.000-04:002009-05-09T12:58:00.000-04:00Hi there! It's been great discovering all these lo...Hi there! It's been great discovering all these local gardening blogs... and I am really enjoying yours so far. Just wanted to say hello. :)Amy G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11811216920141401233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-71909085301526860802009-05-09T08:51:00.000-04:002009-05-09T08:51:00.000-04:00How smart is that!
I love those large bowl plante...How smart is that! <br />I love those large bowl planters at the first house! Thank you, Jim!Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-83931994601728388652009-05-08T22:57:00.000-04:002009-05-08T22:57:00.000-04:00Pam,
Oak Park? Never been there. This is Buffalo.Pam,<br />Oak Park? Never been there. This is Buffalo.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-50634132365321608122009-05-08T22:44:00.000-04:002009-05-08T22:44:00.000-04:00I see you've visited Oak Park? I've been lucky en...I see you've visited Oak Park? I've been lucky enough to visit there too. I'm a big fan of FLW! He was truly the master although he didn't always design his planters large enough to accomodate many plants. Today, I find architects still do the same! They don't seem to realize plants need room to grow!Pam Kerstinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10180448328445549120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-5284962078523280272009-05-08T18:15:00.000-04:002009-05-08T18:15:00.000-04:00Barbarapc,
I'm going to get you down here one way ...Barbarapc,<br />I'm going to get you down here one way or another!<br /><br />The gardens here are not too impressive - yet. That'll be the last stage of renovation for all the houses shown here. The Martin house did have a large circular garden in front of the living room veranda. He had also planted ginkgo trees on either side of the porte-cochere. There was wisteria on the property (a few windows have Wright patterns based on wisteria). And I know that at the base of the Wright-designed clothes lines (Did I say he was a control freak?) were planted some of Mrs. Martin's favorite plants, which don't come to mind just this minute.favorite plant.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-34812280576482735262009-05-08T17:25:00.000-04:002009-05-08T17:25:00.000-04:00GardenJoy4Me,
Garden system is right. Wright had a...GardenJoy4Me,<br />Garden system is right. Wright had a system for everything and left as little as possible to chance, or the whim of the homeowner. He most likely had lists of what could be planted in these planters. You're impression is probably close, although I would say in person, the houses, made from stone and in earth-tones, and so low to the ground do look less harsh. If these buildings were done in a sleeker, all white material, they'd definitely be minimalistic, cold and severe-looking.<br /><br />Susan,<br />I've been a Wright fan since I went to the Museum of Modern Art back in the '70s and saw a model of a Wright hose and thought it was some sort of house of the future. Until I got around to the back of the model and saw a model-T car sitting in it's little driveway. The incongruency was startling and is still a memory today.<br /><br />Swimray,<br />I'm sure you're right about control. He had specific areas where furniture was to be placed. Certain entrances for different types of people (homeowner, visitors, service providers), he controlled the light, manipulated the ceiling heights and included built-ins wherever he could. Definitely a control-freak. <br /><br />I had no idea there was right house by Mt. Vernon. I was just there last month and would have made it part of our trip out there! Next time. They need more photos on their web site.JCharlierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230380488828173483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-61087245680468795792009-05-08T17:20:00.000-04:002009-05-08T17:20:00.000-04:00Very keen to read this post. Kevin & I have b...Very keen to read this post. Kevin & I have been big Wright fans for years - in fact live in a bungalow that was obviously influenced by his design principles (even down to the build-in planters - which we had to remove because they were concreted in and killed the plants). So many of the photos I've seen have his houses looking fabulous and the gardens looking looking awful - usually with one or two 60 year old bushes schwooshing up and out from a corner of the structure. Felt he was brilliant fitting his homes into gorgeous natural areas, e.g. Fallingwater, but never saw a house and garden that showed he understood how to make the garden and home look good together. Very excited that someone is going to try to put it all together and get rid of all those overgrown mugo pines.... Sounds like it's time to shuffle off to Buffalo.Barbarapchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990013417063903768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-77973613505189459282009-05-08T15:22:00.000-04:002009-05-08T15:22:00.000-04:00You reminded me that I haven't been to Wright's (P...You reminded me that I haven't been to Wright's (Pope-Leighey) house here in Alexandria in years. It was moved to its present location to make way for an interstate a few decades ago.<br />http://popeleighey1940.orgSwimrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928919593044289369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-24902489277272408542009-05-08T15:08:00.000-04:002009-05-08T15:08:00.000-04:00"I can still hear all the masons grumbling" Actua..."I can still hear all the masons grumbling" Actually, no, they screamed and cursed. I always thought his planters were not integrating gardens and greenery into his architecture, but were his attempt to control plants and nature. --Sort of as a way to 'put them in their proper place' to serve his architecture. He didn't want owners planting big things to hide his buildings, so he provided rather small places for them to plant small plants. At least he thought of greenery. Without plantings, some of his architecture is rather austere.Swimrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928919593044289369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-51422625971951195712009-05-08T07:29:00.000-04:002009-05-08T07:29:00.000-04:00I have been a lifelong Wright fan and have had the...I have been a lifelong Wright fan and have had the opportunity to visit some of his buildings. The planters and urns are integral to each space. Although it would never be allowed now, Hollyhock House in Los Angeles even has a 2nd story play garden. IMO gardens and buildings should be as intertwined and inseparable as Wright envisioned.Susan aka Miss. Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428911321406722652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877590965251014222.post-34828267474754209822009-05-08T07:26:00.000-04:002009-05-08T07:26:00.000-04:00Jim .. this is quite a garden ? system .. but it i...Jim .. this is quite a garden ? system .. but it is so austere looking .. cold , clinical I'm just not sure how to describe it when I saw these houses.<br />Yes .. it is incredible to see the forethought of plant care .. but such harsh lines to the houses .. even plants would not soften or cheer them up.<br />Just my impression ?CanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com