Make Your Own Concrete Leaves for Your Garden

You can make your own concrete leaves with this free online tutorial. Leaves like these have been featured in many gardening magazines - now you can see how they're made.

(PRWEB) January 31, 2005 -- Have you seen large concrete leaves decorating fountains and gardens, or have you seen photos of these unusual sculptural accents in gardening magazines? If so, you may have wondered how they're made. Pete Havekost and his wife Dianne are now providing an illustrated tutorial to show you exactly how to make your own concrete leaves. You can find it online at http://www.concretegardenleaves.com/

Pete has been working with concrete for years, and Dianne is a master gardener. It was natural for them to go home and start making their own concrete leaves after the couple saw one on a friend's deck. Mr. Havekost said they had no instructions to go by, so they "did it by feel." The Havekosts have sold concrete leaves locally for garden accents or to be used in fountains. They have also donated several leaves to fundraising auctions presented by the Young Ambassadors gymnastic group in Tacoma, WA, where the leaves were a big hit. Others have been given to family and friends as gifts.

Mr. Havekost said "The website came about because we were thinking aobut selling the leaves online, but the shipping costs are way too high. Since we had the website, we just decided to let people have fun with it." The Havekosts prefer to use large rhubarb leaves for their molds. They have also made concrete Gunnera leaves, which are wonderful for planting small sedums.

If you'd like to make your own concrete leaves, the illustrated tutorial at http://www.concretegardenleaves.com/ will get you started.

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