Escape Gardening

[squirmelia]

A van had the words "Escape Gardening" written on it. Instead of thinking that they merely help you escape gardening, I instead thought about ways that they improve your garden to help you escape - hollow trees to hide in, giant beanstalks to climb, those kind of things.

Regina Spektor sang to me, "some said the local lake had been enchanted".

Comments

[treefern.livejournal.com]

Oh, I would hire the second version for sure. I want a tree house with an emergency slide over the back fence cunningly hidden by a hinged shelf (ideal for storing collections of leaves and sticks).

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

A tree house with an emergency slide sounds like a good idea.

I'm now thinking what "No Escape Gardening" would involve. Far too scary. A hedge maze that you can never escape from. Triffids.

[kevandotorg.livejournal.com]

This list of burglar-spiking plants (http://www.met.police.uk/crimeprevention/garden.htm) would presumably be the bread and butter of No Escape Gardening. I imagine the giant rhubarb serves as a decoy triffid.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

That does look like a good list! Giant rhubarb is great.

I am also thinking of poison gardens, like the one at Alnwick.