From My Garden to Yours ...

The Gayla Pink Apple

 

From my garden to yours .... or rather from your garden to mine.  
 

Revamping my backyard this year has allowed me to renew friendships from my Garden Club Council days.  I feel very lucky to have these wonderful Garden Club ladies to call.  All you have to do is call and say "I've been doing a little gardening and what do you think about so and so or such and such?"  Their knowledge and expertise are unbeatable.  Their generosity and kindness even better and their willingness to share that knowledge and offer suggestions tops it off. 

 

You can count on ending the conversation with an invitation to get a cutting of this or that to plant in your garden too.  I can't think of a better way to really put a heart into the garden than plant something a friend shared with you. Every time you look at it and recall where it came from, there's a nice thought that runs through your mind and a smile that follows.

 

My Mother has given me a lot of cuttings from her landscaping, from hostas to liriope.  My neighbor, Erma, shared cuttings from some of her plants - she is also a garden club lady.  This week, a half dozen or so friends, all garden club ladies, either invited me to come see their personal gardens for ideas or offered me cuttings from their garden to plant in mine.  This morning I drove to Maumelle to get cuttings from one of them.  Tomorrow morning a coffee date with another to dig up a few things and Friday morning a coffee date to visit a spectacular garden.  How lucky am I? 

A week full of visits with garden club ladies...it's going to be a great week catching up with these ladies. 
Gayla

P.S. - yes, when my garden is mature, you're welcome to cuttings -  Just ask!