Comments on: At the End of Ten Years

By: Benjamin Vogt

Benjamin Vogt — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:48:04 +0000

Hope the tour went well! I’m “done” in 4 years, I really am. The area I laid out is full, and the money is gone. But also, we may be moving next summer if / when I find a professorship. It’s bittersweet, and I’ve been soaking in each day, riding it down to the last glimmer of light, touching and visiting every bloom like a butterfly or bee. Live in the now, Nan, let the garden take you into the next season like a close friend guiding you through an art gallery or a maze.

Thanks, Benjamin. At the rate you were planting, I figured that it wouldn’t take you long to fill your space. I look forward to seeing how you develop your next garden, wherever that may be.
-Nan

By: whimsyrighthere

whimsyrighthere — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:11:55 +0000

Ten years. Now, I don’t feel so bad, having only been in this place for the last six. It is slow going sometimes.

Gloria

Hi Gloria! At Year Six, I still had a lot of unfinished spaces here; it’s just been the last year or two that things have finally seemed to come together. But really, the process of gardening is more fun than having a “finished” garden.
-Nan

By: Carolyn♥

Carolyn♥ — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:41:40 +0000

I chuckled when reading your first paragraph… Don’t hold your breathe… a garden is never finished… that sounds like what i would say! Thankfully gardens always bring joy to the gardener… at least mine do.

My gardens do make me happy too, Carolyn. We’ll see what happens next year with my resolve to create no new ones!
-Nan