Happy Ending by bmac62
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Description
What happens to a garden that gets in the way of a major airport expansion project?
In the case of the Seike Japanese Garden south of Seattle...it has been successfully relocated after a major fundraising effort and grant from the State of Washington:)
This was a huge project...every rock, ornament and tree is part of the story...of this classic "Pond and Mountain Garden".
Bill
P.S. Zoom worthy.
"Before Steel..."
Comments (38)
What a neat thing to do, over here they'd just doze it and say "Tough luck pal" or words to that effect, nice work here Bill.
Common sense prevailed! which doesn't happen too often ;( and I am so glad this little bit of Zen-Nirvana has been saved, magically captured here for us, thanks Bill BB
The story is quite incredible for Russia, Ben! I guess, it would've been levelled flat and forgotten. Good image as well!
Oh, how could I miss this one? Very nice garden. A beautiful mix of natural and trimmed trees and bushes. Something people valued and saved. That's what I like to see, when people take grass root initiative to accomplish something like this. Nice photo, Bill. Thanks for posting. A place I'd like to visit. :-)
the 'how' of course is wonderful: ie, how they did this, how they got this here, etc. But the pic is equal to the story. I can understand photosynthesis' thought that it's a bit dark; but to me that's part of the reality of these spaces. They often feel dark, to me, and part of ther discovery is finding all their revelations from within their many shadows. Visually, you have a 'slope' here, as the trees, front & back, make a gentle 'ramp' as we move from upper left to mid right...I like that feeling very much. The pileup of frontal trees on the left against the lush back trees on the left make fine contrasts. The darker trees on the right also make fine contrast, since the left is more lit overall. And the darker rocks move from center to the whole left side, another sloping motion in this shot. The water is the focus of the piece's greatest light, dipping down much more of the image than the sky. And its white sections almost define the whole piece...It's a small space, but it feels vast. In looking back, this is yet another of your several 'crowded nature' shots, in the last few months, in which you grapple with the chaos and overgrown feeling of such places, and yet manage to find motion, balance and definite 'personality' in all of your shots. (Morass with style and definition...) And this is a beautiful space too...I bet it's very restful to walk in...More fine & highly sensitive work from you, Bill. Which is never a surprise.
It would have been heart breaking to lose anything. Glad its saved. Aloha
beautiful garden scene, nice for walking
I am glad someone had the sense to relocate this work.