Friday, July 24, 2015

Best Garden Design Rule for 'Eyesores'

Yesterday's surprise, below.
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We didn't know the wedding tent would have 2 sides filled with equipment.  Southern summer wedding, air conditioning happily wanted.  
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3 hay bales had been sourced for power box/satellite dish.  Those 'eyesores' no longer mattered, once a/c was set up.
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Game changer.
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Early in the day my contractor said there was no reason for me to stop by the jobsite, he could site the hay.  You know I was coming to the site.  Once there, I knew he wasn't about to let me leave, or site the hay himself.  Adore this type of horticultural humor.  180, not needing me to needing me, oh so rich.
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What you must know about eyesores in a landscape and focal points.  Easy garden design rule.  Basic.  One of the first I learned in college.
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If you have an eyesore, place a focal point nearby to draw the eye.



Every wedding guest will look at this view, above/below, walking from ceremony at the lake, to the barn.


Great serendipity, the hay bales are round, greater contrast with straight lines of tent/barn.


 More than hiding eyesore of a/c, I had the good fortune of pretending the hay bales had been left in the field, as they are across several counties at present.  Timing was good.


Seen from the barn, above, another axis for the hay bales to look 'natural'.


Contractor, above, leaving field after siting last hay bale, happily thinking, If mother of the bride is unhappy with hay placement, Tara gets-the-talkin'-to.  Better, he only had to site each bale once.
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Take away? If you have an eyesore in the garden, put a focal point nearby to draw the eye.
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Garden & Be Well,    XO Tara
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Pics taken at jobsite yesterday.  Could not get out of the field fast enough, and it wasn't because of heat/humidity.  With each step, looking down, making sure no fire ants or timber rattler !

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

YOWZERS!

YIKES! GOOD THING YOU WERE THERE!

BRAVA!!!

FlowerLady Lorraine said...

Great tip ~ Thank you.

Hope the wedding guests didn't have to deal with fire ants or rattlers. :-)

Have a lovely weekend ~ FlowerLady

Anonymous said...

Just as good as your hay bale placement, was you being on the spot. I've learned the same thing, and run from "clients" who won't use me for site ob work. That shows they don't value me or what I can bring them.

I never thought of putting a focal point right in front of an eyesore, though it works. The way other bales relate to take the eye into the pastoral setting seems to help blocking the close-in problem.

Jean Campbell said...

Good rule, the focal point one. Too many bloggers show a nice vignette in their garden and then apologize for some THING over to one side or a few minor weeds which suddenly becomes the only thing the reader sees once it is pointed out.

I always want to shout, "Tell the the thing you want me to see, not the places I should not look."

Lori Buff said...

Brilliant. The hay looks natural, not like it’s trying to hide something.

Dewena said...

I would never have thought to put the focal point near the eyesore, I would have put it away, hoping they would look away. What perfect sense you make, and that's why you're an expert!

I loved your comment on looking up "clod" in your supersize dictionary! And for saying I would have enjoyed being at the wedding--I know I would have!

Dewena

Maria Killam said...

Brilliant! Love that solution, so awesome! xo

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