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Octagonal
Garden Bench |
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This bench is made of redwood and
left unfinished so that it will weather into a natural gray, allowing it to
visually melt
into the background. It has been moved to a small rose garden that had some
problems. The south end of the bed is in the shade of a large oak tree.
Roses
require 6 hours of direct sunlight in order to flourish and they were not
getting anywhere close to that. The tree would not profit
from the water required by the roses. (click here
to see appropriate plantings for under oaks). The roses that had been put into this shaded
area had languished. Furthermore there was no destination aspect to this section of the garden, no
focal point. Now that there is a bench it is now a conversation area. The wings of the bench are spaced
so that two people can sit comfortably without entangling their legs.
Or one person can recline at an angle to turn a few pages of a favored
book. The shade in
our inland setting is crucial for the warmer months if one is to enjoy the outdoors.
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