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My Thanksgiving is Perpetual

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I am grateful for what I am and have.
My thanksgiving is perpetual.
It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence.
I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years.
              

~ Henry David Thoreau

True Confessions

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I confess. I’m selfish.

While I may give you the last cookie, or iron your pants when you are running late, even if I am running late, there are certain times a more base nature rears its ugly head. Like when it comes to plants. There are times when it is very hard for me to share.

Every garden and container I design begins with a shopping trip. Because I am always on the lookout for new and cool plant material when I find it, I scoop it up.  While deciding where to use these lovelies they decorate my yard.

And sometimes they never leave!

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Every End Is A Beginning

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This quote seems especially appropriate during the month of May, with its many endings.  This month my daughter graduated from college and while that chapter is over, a whole new world is beginning. One that may seem quite scary, but one she will navigate, I am sure, with grace as she does everything else.

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What This Country Needs

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What this country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. –Will Rogers

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There Is Always The Garden

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When the world wearies, and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden. ~ Minnie Aumonier

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The Glory of Gardening

glory of gardening - quoteThe glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. ~ Alfred Austin

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Gamble with a Spade and Seeds

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“One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds.” ― Dan Bennett

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Comparison is the Thief of Joy

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“Comparison is the thief of joy” – Theodore Roosevelt.

True words. Especially nowadays with all the opportunities social media provides to make you feel inadequate.

Anyone besides me compare your life, marriage, kids to all those trumpeting their successes on Facebook?

Another interesting quote from Steven Furtick, “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.”

Wouldn’t life be so much better if we stopped comparing and just focused on doing our best? Give each day, each opportunity, 100% without worrying about what everyone else is doing? I find that when I do that I end the day feeling profoundly grateful for what I have.

The same can be said of our gardens. Instead of lamenting a small city lot, be grateful and incorporate dwarf plants that will be beautiful in your space. Instead of complaining that your green thumb is being thwarted in your small apartment, use containers on your balcony to grow everything from perennials to veggies. If you are overwhelmed by a large garden, create “pollinator habitats” and leave some areas alone. 

Your garden should bring you joy.

If it’s not, spring is the perfect time for an adjustment.

SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION

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Under the Cloak of Winter Lies a Miracle

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“Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle … a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl.
And the anticipation nurtures our dream.”
~ Barbara Winkler

Autumn Gold

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“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”
– Jim Bishop

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