Conservatory base progress
Two months

Seascaping plans

Thinking through the tide pool seascaping...

I am planning to build the seascape upward, in steps to match intertidal zones.

10B9146C-0FB7-4210-B7E1-933E7B3E74E7

I have been accumulating flora and fauna for months, as I researched.  I’ve arranged the fauna by zone, with the exception of sea stars, which will be sculpted in situ...

AD8F9277-3D39-45D3-9F07-EA6CBF27DD51

I have lichens, flocking and lycopodium to serve as flora...

C9EC6E8D-1FA0-4941-A82B-D92C526A3BEE

I have sand, small rocks, and crushed shells to serve as substrate, and some larger faux rocks Nancy made from air dry clay...

61C84969-55FC-40F5-87F7-77842BDE9369

Nancy also sent some beach-combed treasure...

F341485A-7729-4790-A5CF-F1B78AA9800B

I’ve also a few items gathered from nature that aren’t meant to be anything that lives in a tide pool, but won’t look out of place if I need to use some as filler...

44FCD4B7-D3DC-4178-8B17-CD1C09A974BC

I am waiting for one more box of supplies before I start seascaping.  My friend Bill, who lives on the Pacific coast of Canada, assembled a mix of treasure for me, it is en-route now.  While I wait for it to arrive I have been happily engaged in Bill’s online research assignments.  :)

Comments

Feed You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

Sheila Lester

Wow... and I thought I researched things to death.

I can't wait to see how the build progresses! It's bound to be super interesting.

Jodi Hippler

This is going to be amazing! I am so excited to see it all come together!!!

The comments to this entry are closed.