When I get rich and can custom order items and have someone do the install, this project will be fifth on my list (it follows new roof, gutters, paint, and windows).  Okay, I’d probably put new floors and furniture ahead of it, too.  Still this is an amazing fibre optic sidewalk.

From Starscape,

“You may be interested to know that we encased the harness in a hosepipe as you suggested, up to a central distribution point (the standard hosepipe is slightly narrow but it was easy to cut down it and them re-bind it with waterproof tape. We then encased each fibre (singles, twos and a few threes) in electrical earth sheathing, which protected the fibres from the hosepipe end until they entered holes drilled in the slabs (diameter of the sheathing) and also held them vertical in the slab holes.”

Absolutely stunning!

If you are a fan of whimsy, this fence may be exactly perfect for your yard.  From Garden Drama,

I would recommend using new marbles. Vintage marbles will vary in size, slightly, so it you can deal with this, go ahead. So first, find your marbles if you’ve lost them, then determine a drill bit size that will bore a hole, ever so slightly smaller than your marble. You want it to press in snugly to help it stay put. No adhesive needed. I advise drilling test holes in scrap wood to help you get the right sized holes made. You made need to purchase a special sized bit.

Be prepared to invest in a lot of marble money!

Photo by Street Art Utopia.

Photo by Artscapes.

This walkway is gorgeous!  It would be pretty enough to just make into your main leisure area of the yard!  From HomeBaseDesign,

While the photo of the blue bottle tree first caught my attention, when I went to this site I was in awe over the stunning, gorgeous photos of people’s creativity in their yards.  Go to Flickriver immediately to view the stream of “Weird Yards and Gardens” !!

The photographer used a lacy tablecloth to wrap the tree.

Look at the close up!

My brother lives in an area that’s often shady, often cold. But he finds beauty everywhere in his yard and in the surrounding woods.  From Jomegat,

As I headed back to the house, I walked by the tiny flower bed we have on the north side of the house. A couple of years ago a friend of mine brought in a plant that he had found in the woods. He wanted to know what it was, and I didn’t know off the top of my head. I did some research and determined that it was Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens).

Ironic that plantain bananas grow in tropical climates, but this downy rattlesnake plantain clearly thrives in the cool.

Photo by Iam Chihang.

We are limited only by our own imagination.  This has been proven by artists, composers, architects, and now… gardeners.  Actually the artist may be insulted for me to call him “gardener” but Marinus Boezem planted De Groene Kathedraal (The Green Cathedral) in 1987.  Today – with just four years to go to reach full growth – it’s stunning.  From Architizer Blog,

Yet, whereas at Reims, the plan is, in fact, the generator of complex primary and secondary geometry and structure, the Green Cathedral simply, if intentionally, embodies its diagrammatic nature. Inlaid stone marks the crossing of groin vaults on the ground, inscribing the lawn with the means of projection for the sky above. The trees, which will never converge to roof the nave below, will eventually die and rot, giving way to a vast field of trunks.

Stunning.  Click through to see all the photos!