In The Garden

It’s really a lot of fun to get into the planting spirit. One thing I love is to scatter wildflowers throughout the unstructured parts of my garden because then I’m always surprised as to what comes up. It’s like looking as a child upon the discovery of a new plant. I didn’t plan it, I don’t remember planting it, but there it is! And then beyond that...waiting to see if it is a “real” flower/bush or a weed.

I have one section of my garden that has been landscaped. We have a perfectly lovely and orderly collection of plants, fruit trees, and raised vegetable bed. I love looking at it. Everything is in place, and it pleases me to see the orderly growth. However, the “wild” garden is alive with surprise, and teeming with life of all persuasion. The weeds and flowers grow happily alongside, and lo and behold, up from the amazing earth come these strange little seedlings. I wait with great curiosity to see what they are.

Life is sort of like that wildflower garden. It’s not always  orderly or predictable, but if we can look upon it with surprise and awe...it might amaze us!

From Seasons of the Soul 2003