{"id":9696,"date":"2021-06-27T19:17:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T19:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siteandinsight.com\/?p=9671"},"modified":"2021-10-07T23:25:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T03:25:02","slug":"continuum-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenvillaartgarden.com\/fr\/continuum-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuum, Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2005, I\u00a0started to\u00a0cut a trail at Glen Villa; that trail became Timelines, the walk through fields and forests\u00a0where art installations explore ideas about history, memory and our relationship to the land. I’ve written about this trail in many blog posts; I wrote about Continuum, one part of the trail, in two posts last fall. (You can find those posts here<\/a> and here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

This large rock outcropping is what prompted me to first begin thinking about\u00a0how to give voice to the land and the\u00a0ideas and emotions it evoked. When I noticed it many years ago, I thought it was worth emphasizing in some way. But the trees in front screened it from full view.<\/p>\n

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We cut and chipped the trees, but even the clearer space didn’t inspire an idea. Last summer, we dug down to expose more of the rock face and the small hole we dug began to fill with water.<\/p>\n

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We enlarged and shaped\u00a0a pool, creating a spot that was peaceful and quite beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Above the pool we placed rocks that outlined maple keys,\u00a0one step\u00a0in the\u00a0process of\u00a0establishing Continuum’s theme of\u00a0beginnings, ends and re-beginnings.<\/p>\n

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Over the winter I drilled the same maple key pattern into large boulders. One went into place along the trail that leads to the pool, a\u00a0hint at what was to come.<\/p>\n

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Two weeks ago, the other drilled rocks\u00a0went into place on the bank beside the pool.<\/p>\n

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With all the digging and the moving of dirt, the natural vegetation that once\u00a0surrounded the pool had died back. Earlier this month, only\u00a0bare soil was visible.<\/p>\n

Not any longer.<\/p>\n

Jacques and Ken, the two\u00a0wonderful men\u00a0I work with, brought in some good soil from the large piles we accumulated when our big pond was dredged a few years ago. They added a wood chip path that leads around the pool and into the woods and positioned more rocks near the pool to provide places to sit.<\/p>\n

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With the rocks and path in place, it was time to seed the ground. To my delight, rain came just on time and the area is greening up very quickly. We transplanted some ferns which I expect will spread,\u00a0grouping some around the drilled rocks to make them look more natural.<\/p>\n

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Continuum is almost finished. The sign announcing this section of Timelines is in place in the field where it begins.<\/p>\n

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A walking\u00a0path\u00a0leads from the pool to the rocky road that was already there. All that remains is the finale of the section, to be called The Group of Seven.\u00a0We started on that section in the spring, digging and planting some maple saplings.<\/p>\n

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Finishing\u00a0up entails work that only I can do — and there is\u00a0a lot of it. I hope to find time to do the painting and the collage over the summer but the work will probably extend into the fall. And will Timelines then be complete? I doubt it — the land always has more to say.<\/p>\n

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OPEN GARDEN DAYS<\/p>\n

Many people have asked whether we will be opening Glen Villa to the public this summer. The situation remains fluid but the Eastern Townships and all of Quebec are entering a green zone for Covid, which increases the likelihood that the garden will open.<\/p>\n

We’re looking at one or possibly two days near the end of July\/beginning of August and\/or near the end of August and the beginning of September. I wish I could be more precise and as soon as we make a decision, I will post the dates in a blog, on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n

If you aren’t already, do subscribe to my<\/p>\n

Instagram account at glen_villa_garden<\/p>\n

or to<\/p>\n

Facebook at www.facebook.com\/GlenVillaGardens<\/p>\n

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