{"id":2944,"date":"2015-10-02T18:41:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T01:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/?page_id=2944"},"modified":"2022-01-04T14:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:46:39","slug":"the-outside-amphitheatre-garden-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/?page_id=2944","title":{"rendered":"HP 6.1: The Outside Amphitheatre Garden Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

The whole garden has been designed\u00a0 as a series\u00a0 of linked garden rooms.\u00a0 Each\u00a0 garden room has a different function\u00a0 but has creates a real sense of belonging.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought of a landscape as would a sculptor in\u00a0 a solid medium, but I saw it as a three dimensional piece of space which people walked through which had an emotional effect on people. This space changed\u00a0 with time as it grew and changed with the time of day: shadows vs. sun patterns, boulders, colour, plants, trees, earth-forms, solid structures and water. These were the ingredients in a subtle flow of landscape design and construction. Unknowingly I was a landscape sculptor. Rather an intangible product to sell\u00a0 and run a business with!! Out of this stage I built a structure for my life: my marriage with Harriet, business and the house plus we had a family.<\/p>\n

\"001dd\"<\/a>The view from the\u00a0 arbour\u00a0 where you look down into a small amphitheatre. It has radiating stone\u00a0 seats (stone left over from building the internal house walls) with a central bonfire area. The seats are covered with foam cushions\u00a0 stored\u00a0 for the occasion. We use this area for large gatherings of people in the winter time when it\u00a0 is cold\u00a0 … see\u00a0 the\u00a0 photos\u00a0 below.<\/p>\n

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This photo shows a view over the amphitheatre and the\u00a0 seats and steps up<\/p>\n

to the house. A\u00a0reddish shade umbrella\u00a0 shades the outdoor eating table.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0013<\/a><\/p>\n

Big stone entry stairs provide a progressive\u00a0 entry\u00a0 to the house\u00a0 and the arbour. With big\u00a0 square\u00a0 stone which\u00a0 has the metal solar light\u00a0 beside it, this\u00a0 is special stone\u00a0 from Boggo Rd. Gaol\u00a0 from\u00a0 1883. I obtained\u00a0 ten of\u00a0 these\u00a0 stones in\u00a0 1984 from\u00a0 my demolition friend\u00a0 Neil for A$34.00 each.\u00a0 Neil supplied\u00a0 the beams\u00a0 and\u00a0 posts in\u00a0 our house. See above. The 1800’s is\u00a0 very\u00a0 old\u00a0 in\u00a0 Australia\u00a0 as Captain Cook<\/a>\u00a0 from England only\u00a0 came and\u00a0 discovered this new\u00a0 land\u00a0 in 1770. Cook was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.<\/p>\n

I found out these also had a history. The first gaol in Brisbane was established at Humpybong, Redcliffe in 1824. Then between 1860 and 1883 the gaol was in Petrie Terrace where the old Police barracks are now. In 1883 the gaol was transferred to Boggo Rd. Gaol. Capital punishment (hanging) was abolished in 1922. Boggo Rd. Gaol was closed in the late 1970’s and is now used for\u00a0 periodic cultural functions. This finally means our ten stones date from 1883.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0009\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Bonfire2\"<\/a>The amphitheatre\u00a0 in use at night. It gives a wonderful inclusive feeling.<\/p>\n

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See the next post: Post 2: The Front Garden Room<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The whole garden has been designed\u00a0 as a series\u00a0 of linked garden rooms.\u00a0 Each\u00a0 garden room has a different function\u00a0 but has creates a real sense of belonging.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought of a landscape as would a sculptor in\u00a0 a solid medium, but I saw it as a three dimensional piece of space which people walked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4630,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2944","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5588,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944\/revisions\/5588"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newearthcommunity.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}