Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-14 | Page 9 | Salt Laker Uses Petrified Utah Wood to Build Unique Rock Garden at Home

w Salt Laker Uses Petrified l Utah Ut h Wood To Bu Build ld Unique Rock Garden at Home 1 I fY 1 4 b F k a- a I i 4 l w iti y 4 f 7 4 41 i 44 4 4 4 1 Q t 1 1 i 4 j 4 it d r j t t 3 I j v 44 3 4 4 44 t c Pr 4 S g Mr Mrs W W. H. H Nightingale sitting in the quiet retreat of the b beautiful garden garden gar gar- den of their home Edith avenue By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN Telegram Garden Editor At the tho home of W. W H II Nightingale Edith avenue I is a monument to toman's toman's mans man's perseverance more perseverance more esper ly to mans man's persistence when prompted by woman This Ibis Is a rock garden wherein every rock is a apiece apiece piece of ot petrified wood from southern southern south south- ern era Utah and Mr Nightingale himself himself him him- self Bell collected each cach- piece pIece and and he be hed d i q f. f confesses almost killed Jellied himself In doing itI it itI I 1 wouldn't do It again for a millIon million mil ml- lion dollars declared the gardens garden's owner adding but Im I'm glad clad I r have havo them for the wife wiro wanted them Ho Hc went on to describe the tu tugging and pulling and nd coaxing and lifting HeUng and groaning necessary to transport each one of ot those heavy pieces pieces much much h heavier than ordinary down rock rock down down one steep hillside hill bill side over a stream up another gulley and so on It was really but no no VM was handy so Mr NI Nightingale did it himself and achieved a rock garden which is Js probably unique In Salt Lake City eny Tho grain of the wood is clearly clearl- marked on most of the pieces piece Some Someo o of them were originally r roots and arc nIC gnarled and twisted and until ri r. S j one touches or tries to lift them the fact th that t they are stone not w wood od is imperceptible The colors are arc extremely beautiful in a variety variety vari van ety eLy of rich browns and grays gray with hints of green and purple Among the rock Mr Nightingale has used varl various ous plants including native cacti and many of ot the well known alpines alpine Evergreens with a a good proportion of ot native junipers have havo been planted along the house foundations and flowering flowering- shrubs roses and annual plants go to tomake make a charming small garden But Undoubtedly undoubtedly un Un- the feature of ot the place Is is' tho the unique collection of ot p petrified woo wood I I t. t r r f f i. i