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As I go through old photos, deciding what to keep and what to toss preparing for an eventual move from my present sanctuary of over twenty years, I am surprised over and over again at the way I have gardened for many a season.
I found this series of photos of the small vegetable/herb and flower garden I created quite a while back at the side of my house. That was “then”. Now, many years later, this space is totally hidden by a hedge of brambles and wild rose… a “Secret Garden” perhaps to be re-discovered someday by the next owner.
These photos are memories of the evolution and organized planning of a beautiful “life” and garden within neat and safe boundaries. I am pleased that I have had the opportunity of creating such a planned and organized sanctuary for the sake of art, beauty, healing and refreshment. However, this is a different time of life for me at present…at least for now… and my garden and my life are more un-planned, un-contained, alternative, sometimes un-kempt in areas and certainly wilder in soul/spirit…
So here it its. Memories of the evolution of an orderly garden:
#1. The Beginning Idea
#2. Boundaries Three
Boundaries Three
#3. Deciding where to put the rosebush
Deciding where to put a rosebush
#4. Rosebush planted! Now on to the flowers/veggies and herbs
#5. Chives and herbs along the sides
The borders and familiar sanctuary of my life are breaking down at present and so the my garden/my soul of “today” looks quite different than it did up there when life was a little more stable and predictable.
Now my garden is in moveable grow boxes and the back and side yards are left to nature’s plans…un-mowed and seemingly un-kempt… my Soul and future a personal field and meadow defying predictability, certainty and stability for a while.
Wherever it is that I go you can be sure that it will have to be somewhere that, when I step out of an open door, I am in green space ready for the next garden. My Life, My Soul, My Gardens…we evolve together….
From Christine, The Greening Spirit
