Comments

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   gottagarden 08/15/2011

   looks like water wheel buckets

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   ncgardener 08/15/2011

   When I first saw the title I thought not another Chanticleer photo but I was sooo wrong. This was worth it. It is such a unique thought. I automatically started thinking, how can I adapt this in my garden, maybe on my fence post? Thanks for a great idea.

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   kyaker 08/15/2011

   I've read through the Chanticleer garden web site several times since your photos series. It seems a water wheel in 1940 brought water from the stream garden to the pool area.
   I've enjoyed your photo series of the gardens at Chanticleer.

4. 
   tractor1 08/15/2011

   That sure looks like a section from an antique bucket-wheel excavator, still used today but far larger.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket-wheel_excavator

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   wardvon 08/15/2011

   In the book, Chanticleer: A Pleasure Garden, Adrian Higgins (author) writes
   'The house begins to break down at this point; the pillars have lost their stone cladding and are now wooden posts. They hold chain-linked iron buckets, built to move coal from one floor to another in a downtown Philadelphia church that was demolished in the 1990s. They now contain burro's tail (sedum morganianum) and other succulents.'

6. 
   MiMi_ 08/15/2011

   Fascinating.

7. 
   sheilaschultz 08/15/2011

   A perfect form of recycling... and vertical gardening! Very cool.

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   petuniababi 08/15/2011

   Very,very nice!!! The succulents are gorgeous!!

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   arboretum 08/15/2011

   wardvon, thank you so much for going to the trouble of looking that up. what a fascinating bit of mechanical history.and what a cool reuse!
   best,
   mindy
   http://www.cottonarboretum.com/

10. 
    lori53 08/15/2011

    I've been enjoying all of these photos and, living in Western PA, I'm starting to think about a weekend trip to the other end of the state to see them in real life, thanks to you. I'd love to see the seasonal changes, too. Keep them coming!