Hello, my name is Nancy Jackson. I am a lifelong gardener, and in 2009 I decided to preserve some of my splendid plants. I picked a few leaves and made a small bird bath using a technique called Leaf Casting.
My first effort turned out so well that it was my turning point. I picked some rhubarb and coleus leaves and made bigger bird baths, always remembering my love of finches, bluebirds and cardinals—all of the birds that visit my garden.
I continued to pick leaves from my garden and cast them—each one, one of a kind—because once cast in concrete, the living leaf image is preserved forever.
Coloring the leaves is an adventure and just like the original casts, no two leaves are the same.
So you can choose from among those pictured or request a cast of your favorite plant. I often receive new leaves from family and friends and preserve them.
So pick a leaf from my garden or your own, tell me about it (stories are free, both yours and mine), and let me make your leaf a permanent decoration for your garden or as a gift to your friends.
Nature does not hesitate to interfere with me. So I do not hesitate to tamper with it.
By Henry Mitchell
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