The Good. The Bad. And the Ugly.

I love garden tours as much as the next person and have gone on several. Unfortunately I often return home to my own garden discouraged and overwhelmed. Sometimes the inclination is to want to rip everything out. This feeling is what prompted me to design a different kind of garden tour. One that won’t require months of prep or the hiring of a landscape crew. I am very excited to announce “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. It’s a real-life garden visit that, I hope, will leave others inspired rather than intimidated. Hopeful rather than hopeless. Excited instead of exasperated.

I recently hosted the Wellesley Home and Garden Club on a beautiful October day. They were able to view the different gardens and while I showed them some of my favorite spaces, I also made sure to point out the mistakes I had made, as well as the areas that I felt still needed work. We ended our time in the shed with some small bites, with a drizzle of honey from my beehives. The shed is also a prime setting for small group workshops and several workshop options were displayed on the potting bench. As one member described the tour:

We saw a lot of good, not too much bad and yes, some ugly. It was so refreshing to be taken “behind the scenes” and hear from Deborah what worked, as well as what didn’t. What she liked about the garden and what needed work. She had some very interesting plants, and it was so informative to hear how she approached the design of each space. The best thing about the visit was hearing about how the gardens evolved and all the planning that went into it. We also really liked the well thought out “she shed” with multiple views of the plantings and serene settings.

My garden is always changing – seasonally, as well as year to year. It is my happy place and I would love to share it with you.

If you and your group would like to come and tour please be in touch for more details. Rest assured I will not clean up all the ugly!

See you in the garden,

Deborah