Category: Labyrinth

A Year in the Life of the Garden

American Gardens, Four-season garden, Gardens of Valley View, Inspirational, Labyrinth, Nature

The garden has matured as I have grown older. 

Old gardens have evolved as new ones emerge.

Plantings encourage new visitors while old friends come and go.

Yet I struggle with new-found freedoms.

Like the gardens I can jump boundaries and begin again. The garden embraces all that is new and all that is unplanned. 

Can I do the same? 

THE GARDENS IN 12 PHOTOGRAPHS

JANUARY 2018 the labyrinth in snow
JANUARY 2018 the labyrinth in snow

 

FEBRUARY 2018 Lyman Whitaker wind sculpture in snow
FEBRUARY 2018 Lyman Whitaker wind sculpture in snow
MARCH 2018 Winter aconite at the standing stone
MARCH 2018 Winter aconite at the standing stone
APRIL 2018 bowling ball garden
APRIL 2018 bowling ball garden
MAY 2018 daffodils near the road brought from the old house
MAY 2018 daffodils near the road brought from the old house
JUNE 2018 labyrinth and lower gardens
JUNE 2018 labyrinth and lower gardens
JULY 2018 summer rock garden
JULY 2018 summer rock garden
AUGUST 2018 new bowling ball sculpture
AUGUST 2018 new bowling ball sculpture
SEPTEMBER 2018 Cut and stacked fallen trees
SEPTEMBER 2018 Cut and stacked fallen trees
OCTOBER 2018 bowling ball garden in autumn
OCTOBER 2018 bowling ball garden in autumn
NOVEMBER 2018 the barn and berries
NOVEMBER 2018 the barn and berries
DECEMBER 2018 looking down at the labyrinth
DECEMBER 2018 looking down at the labyrinth

Intimate Spaces

Gardens of Valley View, Labyrinth, Nature

 

Vegetable garden
Vegetable garden

A garden for a gardener is a reflection

Sitting area in the lower gardens
Seating area in the lower gardens

A reflection of who they are

potting shed in July
Potting Shed in July

Each bed is a piece of a puzzle once completed mirrors the gardener’s soul

Standing stone and hosta Whirlwnd
Standing stone and hosta Whirlwind

A piece of planned chaos – a piece of chromatic flora – a piece of neutral shades

Outside the back door
Outside the back door

 

Rain Garden behind home
Rain Garden behind home

 

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Come, walk the garden paths and meet me

The labryinth garden
The labyrinth garden

 

Looking down on lower gardens
Looking down on lower gardens

 

Deer sculpture an way to lower gardens
Deer sculpture on way to lower gardens

 

Hosta Herifu and the pyramid
Hosta Herifu and the pyramid

5 Days and Counting – A Rustic Barn Wedding

Barns, Labyrinth, Lehigh Valley, Life, Photography

New lights have been added

Barn repurposing ligjhts

barn repurposing lights and more lights

Chairs and tables are being delivered

Barn repurposing chairs and tables

Outdoor vignettes are popping up

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Fall decorations

Benches repaired

The labyrinth in September 2016

And bridal colors begin to show

Barn wedding decorations

 

Who Watches the Garden Grow?

Helleborus, Labyrinth, Nature, Photography, Violets, Whitetail Deer

Twelve winter seasons at this place we call home

The labyrinth January 1st, 2016

Twelve years of growth, of knowledge, of mistakes

Terrestrial orchid flower Epipactis Helleborine 2
Invasive orchid

Alyssum and violas have braved freezing nights

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But never have Helleborus rose so confidently above a barren ground

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Projects begun and completed

A waiting game - bowling ball pyramid

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Dreams of those yet to come

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Join with us who watch the garden grow in anticipation of what Gaia has planned for us.

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All images of flowers taken January 1st, 2016 excluding the invasive orchid

Sumac berries
Sumac berries