Gorgeous and what a serene place to relax! It looks so cool and refreshing!

As for your cage...is there a burgundy foliage plant you like...or would a glazed container in burgundy work there? I love burgundy with gold (such as some of your foliage plants).

Cameron

Thanks Cameron, I just happen to have a burgundy glazed pot with the little tatting fern 'Frizelliae' in it so I tried it and the pot looked nice but the fern looked like a little green blob so tried this one with the golden leaved "Miss Sharples" what do you think or.... should I go shopping, sigh, such a chore :). I do like the idea of a bit of burgundy. Annette

My bags are packed! Can you pick me up at the airport?

That is exceptionally lovely. What a nice job on the whole space and the plants all just top it off to fantastic.
Cher

So peaceful! Ferns were my first plant love, and I still think they are the prettiest foliage plants in creation. What a lovely spot.
Renee

Container and plant look great in the photo! Do you like the combination? I like that the plant goes through the cage sides.

Cameron

It's growing on me :).

Annette

Nice and restful. I picture a lantern in your birdcage or a string of tiny white lights.

I love your little oasis! I might look for a pot that is a little less substantial looking for that delicate and intricate cage; and the fern and the lattice background seem to me to compete with the lines and hide the beauty of the cage. I've been looking for a cage like that (at a cheap price!), and I envision it with plants growing into it more than out of it. Or perhaps a mossy basket inside with vines that could hang out of it, with just a few tendrils going up through it.

Are you accepting reservations yet? What an absolutely marvelous retreat, Annette. I love that fern in the cage-the fronds mimic wings-perfect!

Did you build the pond yourself? I would love to create a pond, but I am afraid I am just too inept and then there is the upkeep...although that could be a project for the retired one around here. Wonder how to present it so it sounds like fun...

I am going back to study those pictures VERY carefully! Thanks for sharing.

Cynthia

Thanks for the nice comments it was one of those projects that just happened, really didn't have a plan just an idea.

Kathy, sounds like a plan and come winter I'll be sitting on your doorstep :).

Christine, nice and restful, I wish, there's a 4 lane highway right behind the fence.

Renee, I've always been partial to ferns, a lot of the ferns have self seeded, we have to keep removing them. I'm wondering if Button ferns would survive the winter, if I can find one I just might give it a try.

Mytime, eventually the lattice will be covered with vines, in fact I have a Passion vine sitting in a pot ready to be planted. I already have a Silk Vine, odd little flowers that don't really smell that great but I like the leaves:).
Lots of ideas going through my head of what to do with the birdcage it might even end up with a tree branch, spanish moss and Tillandsias, time will tell.

LOL Cyn, now if the rest of the garden looked half decent I'd be a happy camper. Yes we dug the pool ourselves or I should say DH did. We built the U-shaped planter first, then the roof, then the pool (rubber liner with carpet underlay under it for added protection), it's about 10'x4'x4' deep. Then we built the deck it gives the illusion it's over part of the pool but it isn't, note to self the planks should have been screwed down not nailed, changing a board if need would be so much easier. If we were ever to do it again the pool would be straight sided no ledges for potted plants, that itself would help keep critters out. The other thing we're contemplating is putting doors on another thing to help keep whatever out that gets our fish, we've been pretty lucky but last year we lost a few. Cyn, if you get a decent filter and a UV light you shouldn't have any problems. All we do with ours is a partial water change a couple of times during the summer and scoop anything out that has fallen in, that's it. When we do the change we pump the water through a piece of hose and I water the garden with it.

Annette

It cools me down just looking at the pictures. When I lived in St. Louis I used to go to the climatron at the botanical gardens a lot, this reminds me a a few little niches in there. I can almost feel the mist from the nearby waterfall on my face.

The caged plant looks like it is having a "time out". If it will grow so that much of it is "escaping" the cage it will work. Otherwise maybe something more vicious like a venus flytrap that deserves to be caged. :)

Annette, what a lovely retreat! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Oh, and that bird cage...how beautiful it is! Love it, too.

Xuan