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| Tricyrtis 'Gilt Edge', Actaea 'Black Negligee' and Lobelia siphilitica - 09/22/11 |
Even if I set the camera in the same place, the image captured will never be identical with that of last year or the year before.
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| the same grouping - 09/20/10 |
If things are blooming together at the same time, the vagaries of the weather, both earlier in the season and at the moment, have altered the scene, with plants in various stages of precociousness or delay. Sometimes this change is for better, sometimes not.
Life is about change, to remain the same is contrary to its dictates. Plants get bigger, plants diminish. They age and change. Sometimes we need a reminder that we aren't creating some immutable sculpture of clay, steel or stone. This is a good thing. The gardener will never become bored with his or her garden, despite having lived with and worked in it for years.
17 comments:
These are thoughts I have had often. I enjoyed your post. Thought provoking.
You're so right MMD, the gardener will never get bored.
xogail
Gardening is never boring, that is for sure, MMD. Not only is it different from one year to the next, but one plant will be wonderful one year and not so the next. But something else will step up to be wonderful instead. What a grand scheme, and we gardeners have little to do with the results. Throw plants in the ground and stand back and watch.
Frances
You're so right... spot on! Isn't that the very reason we gardeners love to garden. And we find depth of beauty in every change.
I have been thinking along these lines. Well said.
Frustrated maybe, bored no! Great post.
I love the idea of the camera in the same spot each year although I know it wouldn't result in good photos many years.
So very true...I was just looking through old photos a few weeks ago for a before/after post and was struck by just HOW different the garden looks...just a year apart...and you are right...even the parts where I hadn't made changes myself!
Well put. It's also a reminder that we always get another chance. The best garden is always next year's garden, yes?
How tall is your Black Negligee actaea? It looks short in both your photos, but mine is quite tall.
So true! The yearly variations are one of the things that make gardening so enjoyable and always educational.
Robin - that's the answer to the riddle "How is baseball like gardening?"
Kathy - my Acteas are quite stunted this year because of the drought. The 'Black Negligees' are only about 2 1/2 feet tall this year.
There's always "tomorrow." There's always "next year." Gardening! :-)
You are spot on about the garden MrMcD. It is never a boring place. It keeps our minds and bodies occupied.
thats whats cool about landscape design.
The changes are what makes gardening forever interesting. I love the way gardens change and evolve. The combinations in your naturalistic planting are lovely, especially the blue of the lobelia.
Very wise words!
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