Gardens, like lives, take years to reach maturity. But a garden - like a life without forethought - is likely to yield mixed results. Planning is required. But plans without sustained implementation is simply time lost.
This vision of the garden should include where to place new beds and plants while older beds need servicing, compost, and care. Which parts should be set aside for food, for pollinators, for biomass for compost, screening from traffic, trees for shade plants, and which parts are for the eyes and the heart and the soul.
Gardeners should view the landscape of their lives and their gardens with imagination and envision how it will look in the years to come.
By working with the forces of life in the soil and the contours of our lives, we can plant in the depth needed to survive the challenges that life will bring. With plants suited to each area, we will feed ourselves, our souls, and create harmony we can visit every day.
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