I am writing in praise of Gary Walker’s Magical Gardening:
I needed Gary’s expertise again – urgently, and immediately. I know his work, his vision, imagination, creativity since, years ago, he and his crew catered to my old palm trees. The result was most impressive. They had saved one of my palms from the electric wires overhead by bending it carefully out of harms way so that it did not have to be removed! As a tree lover, I felt tremendously relieved.
At that time, Gary had introduced me to his own garden sanctuary. Thus I knew that only he would be able to tame my jungle and create a garden. I showed him my huge corral trees, the California oaks, which started growing from seeds 20 years ago, the palms of which one is a Canary Phoenix Date Palm. Those were taking all the light, were not given shade but darkness. Everything had been overgrowing and suffocating each other including me.
It is strange and wonderful, that, although Gary and I had not met in years, there was immediate understanding and agreement when we discussed Escondido’s summers, its heat, my need for shade and for light. I could completely trust his judgment knowing, there would not be cut one branch too many, that I would have a dome of green expanding over my patios and house and would still be able to HAVE and enjoy those trees of which I am so proud and fond of. When Gary and his assistant had finished their task - there was light, airiness, space, and sun was filtering through high branches all day long from all directions of the sky. The wind created dancing shadows. My garden had become alive again. It seemed all trees and plants below them were smiling.
And I, I walk through my garden in total amazement and am smiling – for days, even at night, when I see stars again through the high branches, or those new roses with their pale pink glow. I experience a new way of seeing. There is not only much more light but also more space – the eye is drawn deep into parts that had been totally hidden! Gary has realized a paradise. Yes, the ‘raw material’ was there. But he ‘composed’ it differently, he directed the light, he created the shadows, he brought it to the foreground. He, in other words, painted a garden for me. He placed colors, form, and scent. Gary is an artist. Only an artist can accomplish such transformation, such enhancement.
I am more than happy - I thank you, Gary, beyond words.
hildegard kleiser ( ) | Sun, 05/09/2010 - 1:23pm
I am writing in praise of Gary Walker’s Magical Gardening:
I needed Gary’s expertise again – urgently, and immediately. I know his work, his vision, imagination, creativity since, years ago, he and his crew catered to my old palm trees. The result was most impressive. They had saved one of my palms from the electric wires overhead by bending it carefully out of harms way so that it did not have to be removed! As a tree lover, I felt tremendously relieved.
At that time, Gary had introduced me to his own garden sanctuary. Thus I knew that only he would be able to tame my jungle and create a garden. I showed him my huge corral trees, the California oaks, which started growing from seeds 20 years ago, the palms of which one is a Canary Phoenix Date Palm. Those were taking all the light, were not given shade but darkness. Everything had been overgrowing and suffocating each other including me.
It is strange and wonderful, that, although Gary and I had not met in years, there was immediate understanding and agreement when we discussed Escondido’s summers, its heat, my need for shade and for light. I could completely trust his judgment knowing, there would not be cut one branch too many, that I would have a dome of green expanding over my patios and house and would still be able to HAVE and enjoy those trees of which I am so proud and fond of. When Gary and his assistant had finished their task - there was light, airiness, space, and sun was filtering through high branches all day long from all directions of the sky. The wind created dancing shadows. My garden had become alive again. It seemed all trees and plants below them were smiling.
And I, I walk through my garden in total amazement and am smiling – for days, even at night, when I see stars again through the high branches, or those new roses with their pale pink glow. I experience a new way of seeing. There is not only much more light but also more space – the eye is drawn deep into parts that had been totally hidden! Gary has realized a paradise. Yes, the ‘raw material’ was there. But he ‘composed’ it differently, he directed the light, he created the shadows, he brought it to the foreground. He, in other words, painted a garden for me. He placed colors, form, and scent. Gary is an artist. Only an artist can accomplish such transformation, such enhancement.
I am more than happy - I thank you, Gary, beyond words.
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