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Garden Art by Deidre O’Donnell  To order or see more:  (831) 601-0619

Butterfly Plaque

 

7" X 24"

Original.  Can be used outdoors. 

$34.95

 

 

 

Hummingbird Plaque

7" wide, 8" high

Lower ledge; can stand by itself

$19.95

 

 

Red Flower Plaque

In its own frame!

8" X 8"

$24.95

 

Cheerful Sunflower Plaque

8" X 8"

$24.95

Butterflies Box

8" X 8"

$24.95

 

Hummingbird Box

8" X 8"

$24.95

 

Lone Cypress Box

Famous Pebble Beach "Lone Cypress"

8" X 8"

$24.95

 

How much waste do you think the average U.S. citizen produces each year? According to the EPA, the average U.S. citizen produced 4.4 pounds of waste per day during 2000. Over 1600 pounds of trash per year per person or more than 220 tons of waste are being generated each year; however, only 30% of the waste actually ended up in recycling programs.

Commonly known recycling items are plastics, papers, and cardboards, but products such as used grape stakes that are used largely at wine vineyards can also be repurposed as recycling items that would save our environment, especially in California, which produces 90% of wines in the United States.

Grape growers have largely abandoned wooden stakes for stakes made of metal, citing economical reasons. Enter Wilder Wheelwright. Wilder is known as “the grape stakes guy” in Monterey, CA. Wilder discovered that these same grape stakes that are unwanted by grape growers are hugely popular with builders and landscapers, who create decorative , unique fences , sign boards and other creative art objects .

One of the most popular works of his is designing and building fences . Although the grape stakes are pre-made in 3 to 8 foot lengths, Wilder has devised many custom design fences and is able to create fences of virtually any height desired. Wilder also has rescued wooden “raisin trays ”, originally designed to dry grapes, and has engaged a local artist, Dierdre O’Donnell, to paint attractive displays of sunflowers, ‘welcome signs’ and original signed works of art. Next is a line of attractive birdhouses fashioned from reclaimed wood and stone.

The grape stakes Wilder owns are around 50 years old . Antique, and also vintage and loved by many home owners for their fences and gardens. Mature redwood is actually of a better quality in both strength and beauty and gains a lovely patina with age..

Today, there are so many issues we need to discuss and consider about our environment . Although technologies, chemicals, and mechanics have been convenient, efficient, and useful to us, we need to step up and each one of us should take responsibility to think about what we can do to protect our environment and make it better.

Recycling (or re-purposing) is one of the actions we can use in our everyday lives to reduce polluting the planet . Just like the grape stakes guy,Wilder Wheelwright, who turns something that could have been an outcast in our environment into lovely grape stake fences and creative art objects that we all would love to own.