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Toilets - the new pots

Who says gardeners can't be funny! Our travels around the US last year took us to Locke - a little town in central California, designed for and lived in almost exclusively by Chinese Americans in the 1920s. They had some communal allotments there, at the front of which was this garden. Made from toilets discarded by local residents, it was built and tended by an elderly Chinese American lady called Connie - who sadly had died not long before we passed through. She used to give tours of the allotments, and always showed off her favourite toilet pot - a cock and balls arrangement of cacti - one long, two small either side. Brilliant.

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  1. Anonymous10 March 2011 at 12:16

    Fantastic picture! Connie sounds an inspiration. Itching to start growing things after my first read. Ali x

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  2. Tom10 March 2011 at 23:56

    Thanks Ali! It takes a special sort of person to plant up toilet bowls with such panache I think. Hope your growing goes well. t

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