Brad worked on the orchids this week, repotting and mounting

Intriguingly innovative. The odd pieces in the middle and bottom picture are ceramic tiles leftover  from construction in the Bonsai area. We have pallets of them overgrown with vines. They're kind of creepy on the pallets but very cool with the orchids. When the orchids flower they'll be on display to the public. .

The Asian Collection volunteers adjusted the Carex planting under the this Japanese Snowbell today

Before they began working, in the picture I didn't take, the carex grows up to the base of the tree, obscuring the interestingly contorted roots. They dug out the plants that covered the crown and moved them up the hill. They stretched what had been a shapeless planting into a graceful semi-circle that draws attention to the muscular trunk and braided roots. It was their idea and it was a good one.

Continuously tweaking is the difference between a good garden and a very good one. We try to do something on this order every day. We're on our way.