garden arbor

A friend, Taffy, saved a bunch of styrofoam for me from an order she received. (Thanks Taffy!) I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it......built an arbor. I cleared a path through one of the beds in the back and Jerry put in the bricks. Then I started in on the arbor......cutting the foam, making the columns with foam and wire and then wrapping it with plaster cloth. One on top of another until I had it as high as I wanted. Then I built the top seperately and attached that with wire and plaster cloth. That is how it is right now, drying. Once completely dry - probably tomorrow - I will start to mosaic it. Exhausting but very satisfying.

A box of styrofoam.......

The columns start......

And they get taller.......

It gets a top!

close up of top