Do you plant the same thing in your garden year after year?
In my last garden, each spring when I walked around and envisioned what I wanted to plant that year, I always went through the same process of longing for the familiar. An old fashioned climbing rose, bleeding hearts, or salvia that I had used so successfully in last year’s garden would be the first choices that came to mind.
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| View of Middle Level Garden |
You may see the ‘TO DO’ lists in your life and garden as a necessity.
The problem is that the majority of the time they make you feel lousy.
Why?
The ‘productive you’ writes a list of everything you plan on getting done each day.
If you’re like most people, your list is way too long.
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| A Playful and Naturalized Garden |
You rarely complete what you set out to do. You feel unproductive, negative, and frustrated….and immediately go to that critical place in your head where you’re ‘not enough’. Doing this effects your quality of work, creativity, and enjoyment in the garden.
Think about it.
If you’re always rushing to get to the next task, how can you possibly be in the moment?
One of the greatest collaborations in the making of a garden is that of Vita Sackville West and her husband Harold Nicholson.
Here’s a peek at Sissinghurst, one of the most famous and loved gardens in the world.
For the history of Sissinghurst, visit The National Trust website.
More about Vita and a love letter she wrote to Virginia Wolf in the book The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time at Brain Pickings.….one of my favorite blogs.
Thanks to botanist and designer extraordinaire, Patrick Blanc, vertical gardening has become one of the hottest trends in gardening. Patrick has transformed what Westerners used to think of as vines climbing up a wall into a mesmerizing and sensual tapestry of plants that titillates your senses.
Watch this interview to see some of Patrick’s creations and hear what this visionary has to say.
If you enjoyed this video, you might want to check out an earlier article I wrote on Vertical Gardening.
Can you imagine feeling like you’ve created a delightful feast for the eyes with only 4 window boxes?
I can.
I always thought that nothing would replace my love of designing large, sweeping beds. The expansive, long distance views gave me chills at the end of a long day of work in my garden. Or when opening the pages of a beautifully executed gardening magazzine.
But guess what? The yearning for that type of larger than life beauty has been replaced by something else. Gardening ‘in the ‘micro’.
