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“Get what you want” – this phrase seems a tad selfish at times. However, when you have received those holiday dollars, what else is there to do, but put this into practice. I make every effort to practice this when I can, particularly when it comes to my quality of life in the garden. While my daughters gift me with abundant LOVE and trinkets – I get what I want for me. Here are a

Sharing on Christmas Day is usually a given. After carefully shopping for friends and family, sharing a meal and hunkering down is usually a common practice. This year I decided to do something a little different and uniquely share with my community. After making arrangements for my office using greenery from the garden gifted to me, the wheels in my head started turning. My garden club, Capitol Hill Garden Club, had a few bags left

The lone leaf is one of the most frequently discarded items when arranging bouquets from the garden.  When you have a bucket filled with textural interest from greenery and stems with berries, one less leaf is insignificant, right? That one leaf might be what is needed to complete the desired look for your arrangement. Fresh cut stems of berries and assorted greenery just waiting to become a holiday creation for the home or office. Here is one little tip

Mindful gardening requires one to consider not just a physical act, but a mental exercise. To approach mindfulness in any situation, one must consider the intention or purpose of why. The intention of disturbing soil to create an area with what we might consider beautiful is usually done with a specific purpose in mind. This mindful intention can help us create the garden of our dreams. Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist was just the book I