LA-The Getty Museum, Part 4 (!!!!)
There was even more inspiration in the gardens at the Getty Museum when I visited in spring. One of the coolest things were the bougainvillea “trees.” Rebar…the stuff used to reinforce concrete walls, was formed into these tree shapes, then the bougainvillea vine grew up the center and out into this colorful canopy:
Here’s what it looked like underneath:
How utter cool is that? If we ever have a garden with SUN so I can grow flowers instead of moss, guess what I’m gonna try (albeit on a more modest scale!)?
The flowers were varied and beautiful…couldn’t resist this shot of a rose alongside the path down to the lower part of the lower gardens:
Again, I was lured by the tracery of the branches:
and their shadows; in this next photo, the “braid” pattern in the stonework is repeated in the wood of the bridge over the run-off culvert which was when I was there a very small babbling streamlet:
Here’s a wide-angle view from the gardens looking back up to two of the main exhibit buildings:
At the very bottom there is a maze/knot hedge which “floats” on raised beds inside a circular pond…. spectacular (I bet you’re tired of my gushing about this place, eh?
Even the drain covers had pleasing designs (notice my lovely lime green sneakers, too):
Another of my obsessive “through the trees” shots:
And a final view back up the hill:
Wow…what a place!
August 25th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
I never get tired of your gushing, Sarah, and I love your lime green sneakers, your views through the trees and the bougainvillea. Bougainvillea grows well in the hotter parts of Australia (of which there are plenty!) but not in Canberra where I live. Bit too cold. Don’t give up your writing. Regards, Dorothy in Canberra, Australia.
August 26th, 2010 at 7:39 am
It just keeps getting better and better! Thanks!
August 26th, 2010 at 8:04 am
I think you enjoyed the outside of the Getty more than the art inside! Gorgeous place though. Thanks for the virtual tour.
August 27th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Thanks for the photos! I loved the Getty and so want to go back just to shoot more pics! I sat in front of the Water Lilies for 30 minutes, just reveling in the fact it was the actual painting and not a photo I was looking at. You have loads of texture photos here for some quilts!
August 30th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Ok, those trees are AWESOME!! What a cool idea using the rebar to mold with!
Thanks.