Professional Help

A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming
cash while all the time you are under the illusion that
you are spending nothing.
- Esther Meynell

I am meeting with a landscape designer to discuss a garden for the front of my home. Our front yard is a pretty typical small town yard. Just grass and a few requisite foundation plantings. It is boring. Since it is the front (I would prefer to keep my mistakes hidden in the back) I decided to look into working with a professional. Ina Lucas is her name. She is a cute, bubbly, thirty-something who I instantly liked the first time I met her. I attended a gardening class at her perennial nursery "Blooming Valley Perennials" (see the link on the side bar). I could tell how much she loved her gardens by the way she caressed her plants as she gave the class a tour of her gardens. She would say "this is my favorite....." about almost every single plant. I know just how she feels - I have so many "favorites" also - my grasses especially. Even though I won't start working on the front yard until spring...I am excited. It will give me something to look forward to during the long winter.