Some of these posts are copied off of the blog so may be repeats for some.
We like to recycle some fun things into the garden when possible.
In Aug. 2011, hubby & I sprayed the recycled satellite dish (after posting a request for one on Freecycle) an olive green to match the poles that it will be placed on. I got this idea from Janet (imapigeon), hers is a much bigger one. I kind of wished I had waited and found a larger one too but hey, free is free and this will look cool once it's done.
My Cubits post of a few pics of Janet's garden showing a couple of shots of her pergola:
http://cubits.org/Califliving/...
Her blog that documents it's creation:
http://satellitedishgazebo.blo...
And when it was done, up it went. The bench was already here, I love how it's curved back match the spokes of the dish.
It's filled in quite nicely, this was taken 2 days ago. A yellow Graham Thomas rose has reached the top of the satellite pergola, it should look great once it gets into full bloom. One vine in the back left has also reached the top, front left lavender trumpet vine is slowly growing. Front right has a newly planted clematis and the back pole has a lavender 'Ramona' clematis. Behind it is a tall blue blooming salvia and the white blooming shrub with the golden foliage is Choisya ternata Sundance.
