Later I went out to Uncle Harold & Aunt Bessie's for lunch and to see the beginnings of Aunt Bessie's gardens. She adds and subtracts from it each year and it's so pleasing to be on the receiving end of her subtractions! This year she's trying something new with an area where there used to be a tree. I'm sure it'll look lovely -- check back later.
Her gardens are in bloom throughout Spring, Summer and some even into the Fall.
After dinner I went to a gardening workshop at the Home Depot in the Falls. Over 20 had registered but I was the only one who showed up so I had a one-on-one seminar with this friendly, uber-talented, young girl, Amanda. That's the thing about younger kids -- it didn't phase her that no one else showed up -- I would have been a mess. Instead she held my attention, answered my questions, came up with some landscaping ideas and even taught me a few tricks. Extra bonus -- I got to take the pot home!
I agreed to not dig up any additional garden beds until I get back to work but that doesn't mean I can't dream and design . . . think I can convince Gregg to put in a Japanese maple, some heather, a rock garden, and a water feature???
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Oh, I bet you could. ;-)
There was a Japanese maple in the yard near the manse. I used to climb up all the time in summer & read there in the branches.
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