Many people plant a garden with a plan. However, I planted my garden with my heart.

You see, I am not an earth soil type of person, or at least I did not think I was. I enjoy nature, long walks and lying in the sun, but to get my hands into the soil, the dirt and the stone, not so much. However, this year it was mentioned to me to give it a try to sit quietly and let the wind, and nature, guide me. So, that is what I did, and I planted a garden, a garden of the heart.

Everything in my garden was picked for its name. Now I know some of you gardeners out there reading this will think, “that is just NOT right,” however my garden is coming along nicely.

Let me share what is in my garden of the Heart:

• Rose – Blue Angel – Lavender-Blue, Vigorous, sweet & fragrant

• Rose – Blue Girl – A rare shade of lavender blue, unique color

• Rose – Sweetness – Lavender color

• Rose – Sweet Freedom – White

• Rose – Pink Promise – National Breast Cancer Awareness

• Rose – Rio Samba – My daughter picked this one for its yellow/orange/red color.

• Rose – Veterans Honor – My Son picked this in Honor of his Papa who was a Veteran.

• Giant Hybrid Lily – The Purple Prince

• Iris Ensata – Crystal Halo

• Duchess of Albany – Resembles a small Pink Tulip

• Yellow Daffodils – For the Sun

• Blue/Pink Hyacinth – For the Moon

• Lily of the Valley – For the Stars

• Sunflowers – because they remind us that the Sun will always come out again, and that the light is always brighter than the darkness.

Each name attached to each flower has a heart memory for me, my son or my daughter that has something to do with our family. As we enjoy our garden and watch it come to life, grow and show its beauty we also share stories of the times, the growth and the lessons we learned from those people along the way. Some of the memories are harder to sit with at first but then you come to understand that they are all a lesson, a beautiful part of life, history and who and what we are today.

So, in your garden take time to plant something that grows within your heart, and remember we are all one with nature, Mother Earth and the Universe.

Watching over our garden is a charming duo of Owls which evoke: WISDOM, TRUTH and PATIENCE

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Joanne M. Bisesi
Spiritual Advisor/Energy Consultant
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Allow yourself to begin slowly and simply, so that you can learn to dance with nature’s intricate orchestrations. There are many experienced gardeners out there to assist you as you choose seeds or small plants to start your garden. As you learn to heed the seasons, soil, sun, frost, and shade, you become more than a mere spectator of life’s cycle. Instead, you step into the role of cocreator and enhance what you nurture. No matter how large or small the size of your garden, you can benefit from growing your own organic, fresh, and nutritious food while also reveling in the depth of flavor and texture that comes from plants that have been well-tended, nurtured, and loved. As we appreciate the food we’ve grown, we can recognize the care that farmers put into the produce most of us buy at the supermarket. With this new understanding, we can acknowledge the roles other living creatures fill as participants in cultivating the cycle of life. We may even learn to peacefully coexist with the animals and insects that share perhaps too great an interest in our garden.

When we grow our food, we participate more fully in nature’s cycles and form a closer bond with Mother Earth. Knowing how to grow your own food allows for a sense of freedom and pride that you can feed and provide for yourself, one of the most basic necessities. Gratitude may fill us as we marvel at the beauty of nature and the majesty of the universe that orchestrates such natural wonders. When we allow our appreciation of life to expand, we harvest so much more than food and the taste is that much sweeter.

~Reprinted with permission from DailyOm.com

Charity Swanson Buchika, ASID
Elan Interiors
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