An aquascape is a scene viewed under water. Aquascaping is the act of making a scene viewed under water. In our case we have limited the field to scenes that include live plants. They may include other items; algae, rocks, bog wood, driftwood and so on. I would like to limit the "other items" to natural materials, but the line here can get pretty hazy. Karen has already expressed a specific opinion about including silk plants (specifically, silk poinsettias). Do you suppose that she would extend that opinion to plastic plants as well? She has placed an emphasis on gardening, and I don't think one gardens with plastic plants. Roger Miller ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@aquatic-gardeners.org with "unsubscribe aga-contest" in the body of the message. To subscribe to the digest version, add "subscribe aga-contest-digest" in the same message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-contest