I’ve been a garden designer for 15 years. I have met people in many different situations and many different locations. I am often called upon to help people with already installed gardens that are ‘out of control’, or gardens that refuse to grow at all (water helps) and sometimes gardens that are still in the black nursery pots (for 3 years) that have never been set free into the soil. My diagnosis…
It happens to the best of us, even professionals have things they ‘fear’ in the garden. I can’t really complain though, it does keep me in business after all. I am usually able to help these gardening hopefuls by explaining some of the basics of gardening, helping them get things under control and organized and finding locations for most of the plants that are still alive in those pots. One of my favorite things is when the client becomes a gardener. I don’t mean the one who does a career change but someone who pokes at the soil and looks for results, one who enjoys the smell of earth warming in the spring, who will stand holding a hose until it is dark and shouts ‘I see green’ when the first lettuce pushes through the soil. I believe in connecting with the earth. It is really important that everyone gets a chance to go outside and smell, see, and feel growing things. It doesn’t have to be perfect but it should speak to you. One of best stress relievers in the world is being able to get out into your own back yard, deck or porch and be embraced by the life living out there.
One of my joys is to help ‘make a gardener out of you’. Whether you have a small patch of earth or acres to play with there is gardening to be done and you can do it!
Over the next few weeks we will be conquering our fears of…
I will post a few pictures of gardens I’ve helped create to inspire ideas and offer encouragement as we head down this gardening path
Are you ready? Let’s go!
