Inside this edition of Natural Garden News
- Slow down, see more, lose your mind
- If you want a Grounded garden…
- All about shoreline naturalization
- New book helps us find local native plants
- Are natural gardens always messy?
- Today’s recommended reading
- Today’s VIP (Very Important Plant)
- This week down in Fenelon Falls
- What a difference a month makes!
- From the socials
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Simon Payn
Grounded
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Slow down, see more, lose your mind
Sometimes I drive by the garden at Lucas House and think, “Look, there’s plants growing and a few flowers.”
Other times I wade right into the garden, maybe to do some weeding or to add plants, and think. “Wow, this place is crawling with life!”
It’s like seeing two different gardens. I guess it’s similar to looking through a microscope – there’s another world when we get close up.
Concept and reality
You know what I’m going to say next: we spend most of our days at high speed, seeing the world through a window. What’s out there gets reduced to a concept: garden, city, river, Foodland.
But when we stop and look, we see what that thing really is.
When I install a landscape, I give homeowners a handbook about that garden. The final part of the handbook asks them to stop still and get familiar with their landscape. I tell them that when they begin to notice what’s there, they will appreciate it more. They will, dare I say it, fall in love with it.
Seeing wonder
Have you ever noticed something beautiful and, for a moment, your thoughts stop? You’re entranced by it.
This happens on a daily basis when you stop still in your garden. It’s the kind of thing that makes your day, that you want to tell people about, and that you remember.
Why? Because for a brief moment you go out of your mind. You transcend thoughts and see what’s really there.
And the good news is, what’s there is pretty wonderful.
Simon
If you want a Grounded garden…
I’m now booking garden and shoreline installs for this fall and next spring.
If you’re interested in working with me, don’t wait until then. I use the summer to prepare your site and to work on plant lists and designs.
I’m happy to come out and look at your site for no charge and with no obligation. If we’re not a fit, we’ll depart as friends. Just click the button below.
To see some of my recent work, please look at this article.
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All about shoreline naturalization
An in-depth look at shoreline naturalization for Haliburton County cottages: why it’s important and how to do it. Read more.
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New book helps us find local native plants
A look inside a book about Kawartha Lakes flora, which is also helpful to us in Haliburton County. Read more.
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Are natural gardens always messy?
For those of you new to this newsletter, here’s my article on the aesthetics of native plant gardens. Read more.
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