Comments on: Extraordinary garden art at Sol’stice

By: LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD

LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:40:50 +0000

What a great looking business (and such a sweet-looking guy!). Nice to see some real garden art that is strong and sculptural and not cute. The piece with the water running down it is a great contemporary water piece and unlike anything i’ve seen.

Yes, I really liked that water feature too, Linda, and my photo didn’t do it justice. —Pam

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:59:42 +0000

Pam, What a great post idea to tour a garden shop this way. I loved it and wished I'd found Solstice on my one trip (so far) to Austin! What a great place for gardening and art. Your blog is beautiful as always. Thanks so much and I'll look forward to your great work! Leigh, from A Larrapin Garden (Ozarks, US) Hi, Leigh. Thanks for popping by. Now you know where to go the next time you're in the Austin area, right? ---Pam

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:31:27 +0000

What a coincidence! I just saw this man and his business featured on some local station this morning. I was so fascinated that I kept watching and skipped my usual cooking show. And now, here it is on your blog. The universe is weird that way, huh? Love it!

That is a funny coincidence, Kat. I’m glad he’s getting good publicity. Now that I’ve found his store, I want it to survive so that I can keep shopping there. In this economy, good garden shops need all the help they can get. —Pam

By: Amy Emerick

Amy Emerick — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:58:30 +0000

That looks like a great place. I will have to venture out there…i love the colorful bottle tree. Thanks for sharing this spot!

My pleasure, Amy. —Pam

By: Liisa

Liisa — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:56:15 +0000

Pam,
I love the mesh gate, the metal and glass suncatcher, and that last kinetic sculpture. How lucky you are to have such a wonderful place so close. I have yet to find such a place in Vermont. :(

I’m so happy to have found this place too, Liisa. I can’t help wishing it were in Austin instead of a 30- to 40-minute drive away in Dripping Springs, but it’s a lot closer than Vermont. ;-) —Pam

By: Janie

Janie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:35:12 +0000

I work with metal and stained glass, and I think I am going to try some of those metal and glass sun catchers. Thanks for the tour.

There was a lot of inspiration here, Janie. I’m glad you enjoyed the virtual tour. —Pam

By: Gail

Gail — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:43:44 +0000

The list of must visit Austin nurseries and garden art spots grows ever longer! The kinetic sculptures are fantastic and I loved the slag studded gate. Thanks for sharing the day with us. gail

You are most welcome, Gail. I love to give virtual tours of cool places I’ve visited. —Pam

By: Mamaholt

Mamaholt — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:45:29 +0000

Next time, if you take me?, I promise to be really, really good. I want all of that stuff. Every. bit. of. it.

Oh, so do I, Mamaholt, so do I. Maybe you could print this post and put it in an envelope to Santa? —Pam

By: cheryl

cheryl — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:28:37 +0000

Fabulous! I’d LOVE to have a kinetic sculpture in my yard! Say, isn’t that a glass hummingbird feeder hanging in the heart over the glass birdbath? Looks like a Parasol Hummer feeder to me. ;>)
good thing I don’t live near Austin… I’d go broke! Thanks so much for sharing!

You are quite right, Cheryl! My mom pointed that out to me too when she read this post. I’ll go back and correct my caption. —Pam

By: Cindy, MCOK

Cindy, MCOK — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:05:13 +0000

Pam, this is on my absolutely-must-visit-it-next-time-no-matter-what-else-I-do-while-I’m-in-Austin list! I saw Mark White’s sculptures in Santa Fe back in January and took some video of them. They were just amazing.

Cindy, you were smart to take video of his spinners because still photos just can’t convey what they’re like. You’d love this store, and it’s just a little further along on Hwy. 290 from Austin. —Pam