the mini roof grotto spilling into a modest mossy garden

…in a big barrel was my solution to the daily rearranging of my moss gardens by the big birds who rule the skies up here on the Gianicolo – so into the huge sideways olive cask went all of the mossy rocks that would fit, then filled with water, spilling into a lush mini landscape on a circular dish….and finally the personal grotto I have always wanted.