Life in the Garden

AS A GARDEN AGES – LIFE INCREASES

The labyrinth in summer

WHAT BEGAN AS A FEW PLANTS HAS TRANSFORMED INTO AN OASIS

Newest pollinator native plant garden

Twelve years ago this did not exist. It was a grass slope up to the steps. What will the pollinator garden look like in twelve years?

A REFUGE FOR ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Twin fawns

 

Native bee on our native Echinacea

TAKE A MOMENT, LOOK CLOSELY AT A FLOWER, LOOK TO THE TREES …

Sweat bee on native Turk’s Cap lily

Blue Jay

 

Come Back, Back to the Gardens

I’ve often said life gets in the way of living or perhaps its the other way around. However one chooses to interpret the statement, these past months life has indeed put obstacles in the way of living.  Even though the winter in Eastern Pennsylvania was not harsh to the outer world, it was harsh internally.

The labyrinth in spring

As days grew longer and the earth moved into another spring season I moved back into the gardens and pictures were taken and stored.

Lilac blossom

Life continued to swirl around me.  Many changes occurred including retiring from an 18 year vocation. New paths are being created in the gardens and new paths are opening before me.

Come back to the gardens and enjoy their ever-changing vistas.

Take Time to Do More than Just Smell the Flowers Certified Habitat 139,583

Beyond our need to create beautiful spaces

Beyond our need to have color and scent in our lives

Flowers provide a vital link in our existence

Look closer at the flowering plants in your yard

You will be amazed at the variety and number of species that frequent your plantings

But even more amazing is the knowledge that without these pollinators we would not have our orchards, gardens and meditative spaces.

Sitting quietly beside a Daisy mum in my garden I watched and captured in photos many of the creatures who frequented the plant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take a moment in time and sit outside in a green space or garden. Choose a plant to focus your attention and watch life unfolding around you.

Not Just Bees

Mornings in the garden and all are hard at work

The ants help pollinate an Acorn squash blossom

And a future pollinator engorges itself on a Dill plant