Well, not quite bucolic (of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life) but more 'earthy.'
Given this is Canada and in my part of Canada it is too cold to sit out for 7+ months of the year and too hot for 2+ months of the year, high rise living is environmentally efficient since 90% or more of us really don't take advantage of their patch of yard. But people still long for homes and their piece of ground so flock to the suburbs. I've moved in the opposite direction but after a year am starting to feel the lack of being 'grounded.'
So I'd like to try and create a garden in the sky with the illusion of being grounded. I don't garden, at the house my property had about 120' of gardens but they were full of perennials (or pretty weeds) and cedar chips to keep the weeds down. Then I filled the spaces with decorations. Some of those came here, most went to dd (but I might be able to get them back.)
Over the past winter, the decoration of two cranes we kept out on the balcony were something both dh and I appreciated looking out at. We both found it calming and I suspect it is because they were in the garden at home and so we associate them with the garden.
Now the view from my balcony, in most directions, is bucolic. So I'm looking for a way to transform my balcony from the concrete slab upon which we enjoy the view, to an oasis that is worth looking at, instead of constantly looking over.
A transition from the inside, to the outside, to the world at our feet, so to speak.
I'll use this thread to take you all on the journey with me.