Nova bonsai garden

[markyscott]

So the deal is done and I’m relocating from Houston to Virginia. It’s a beautiful piece of property about halfway between Front Royal and Warrenton. Best of all - I’ve claimed a pasture for my garden! It’s going to be a journey - I’ve got a well to drill, a greenhouse and a cold frame to put up, a barn to build and a bunch of trees to relocate. So I’m making a little thread to document my journey. It’s exciting for me and I thought that perhaps there is interest in following the construction of a garden from a pasture. So I’ll record all my trials and tribulations here.

Here’s a picture of the pasture when I flew my drone over it back in the summer. The elevation is about 660’. There’s a small stream that runs through the woods bordering the property to the NW. The pasture consists of rolling hills - it’s been in hay and cattle primarily for many years.

 

[Pitoon]

Very nice! Looking forward to seeing your progress.

 

[mwar15]

Nice, how many acres?

 

[penumbra]

Let me know when you move. I live in Front Royal so you are within 1/2 hour from me.
This is very exciting for me.

 

[markyscott]

Nice, how many acres?

The property is a bit over 150 acres. The bonsai pasture is 13. Should be able to fit a fair number of shohin on that, lol.

- S

 

[markyscott]

Let me know when you move. I live in Front Royal so you are within 1/2 hour from me.
This is very exciting for me.

Actually - we’re much closer to Front Royal right now as we’ve rented a place in White Post to live during construction. We’ll be occupying it in June - I’d love to get to know the bonsai community in the area.

- S

 

[BonsaiDTLA]

Beautiful views, really excited to follow your progression!

 

[Hack Yeah!]

@markyscott , congratulations! Bonsai garden or nursery?

 

[markyscott]

@markyscott , congratulations! Bonsai garden or nursery?

Just a garden, but I plan on doing some ground growing and some of that may be available for purchase at some point.

- S

 

[markyscott]

Beautiful views, really excited to follow your progression!

Thank you - we think it’s very beautiful there and I’m excited to do some hiking.

- S

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Congrats Scott. Virginia is a beautiful state and a good climate for lots of the bonsai usual suspects. Looking forward to the thread.

 

[BonsaiDTLA]

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Just a garden, but I plan on doing some ground growing and some of that may be available for purchase at some point.

- S

Sign me up! Would love a markyscott trident!

 

[Wulfskaar]

Congrats! That is basically my dream, to own some acreage in a wooded place.

 

[markyscott]

Congrats Scott. Virginia is a beautiful state and a good climate for lots of the bonsai usual suspects. Looking forward to the thread.

Thank you, Brian! I’m very excited to give some of my trees a well-deserved rest as well. My tridents are already pushing leaves. Crazy warm winter in Houston - it was in the mid-eighties today.

- S

 

[Pitoon]

Very cool, I'm 2hrs from Front Royal.

 

[Adair M]

Uh, Scott? I noticed you mentioned something about a barn, greenhouse, well, etc., but nothing about…


A koi pond!

Where are your priorities, man? Where?

 

[penumbra]

Actually - we’re much closer to Front Royal right now as we’ve rented a place in White Post to live during construction. We’ll be occupying it in June - I’d love to get to know the bonsai community in the area.

- S

White Post is 5 minutes from the State Arboretum. It is about 25 minutes from me.

 

[penumbra]

A koi pond!

The Butterfly Koi was developed here in the Shenandoah Valley.

 

[markyscott]

Uh, Scott? I noticed you mentioned something about a barn, greenhouse, well, etc., but nothing about…


A koi pond!

Where are your priorities, man? Where?

Well - I’ve been trying to identify a good koi pond designer from the Atlanta area…

lol

 

[Adair M]

The Butterfly Koi was developed here in the Shenandoah Valley.

I know! You’ll have to knock some sense into him. He has rocks on the brain!