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!

This is amazing!

Photo by Tony Alter through Flickr Creative Commons.

This!

H/T Brittney.

While there are no panda bears living in my neighborhood, the prospect of growing bamboo seems interesting.  Perhaps along a fence line or to hide an ugly old building in your backyard? However, growing bamboo can be tricky.  There are good kinds and there are bad kinds.  From Outdoors blog,

Wanting shelter from the W/ N/W winds which whistle across open fields at the back of the house, I enthusiastically planted this thug ! Yes it did a first class job for a few years,but now I’m constantly chopping the stuff & boy has it spread. I

According to one website, if running bamboo were that bad it could take over the world.  (I have often wondered that about Kudzu too).  Here’s a link to some bamboo info you might find useful.  Me?  I’m sticking to my dreams of a raised garden for potatoes, tomatoes, and maybe squash.