We used Laser Impressions (http://www.engravedbricks.com/) for our tribute plaza and found them very good to work with. Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 3/16/2012 9:47 AM, Jane McGary wrote: > The mention of engraved bricks reminded me that there are companies > (you can find a number of them on the Internet) that make glazed > ceramic tiles from any graphic you send them. I had a set of tiles so > made with Latin verses from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" that describe the > transformation of people into plants, for a planned section of the > garden that would feature these myth-related plants. The tiles are > made by a photographic process that creates a transfer, which is > applied to the tile under the glaze, and you can get them in > different standard sizes. These would presumably long outlast the > plants, and the gardeners as well. I've also recently seen > laser-engraved rocks (presumably some softer stone such as soapstone) > with sentimental words and phrases meant to be set in the garden, but > I did also see some beautiful and tasteful ones done from > professional calligraphy several years ago. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >