Learning How to Garden
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STORY: My 1 year old wants to help so much with everything. She is so hands on, which is precious, but sometimes difficult with fragile little garden seedlings. However she helps out everyday and her favorite task is to use the spout water can. It allows her to be helpful while being gentle. We have a little Master Gardener in the works!!!
A Storybook Dream Come True
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STORY: As a young girl I was a voracious reader. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett was one of my very favorite books and I have read it many times through the years. I didn't do much gardening growing up in Florida other than the assigned chore of pulling weeds in the heat in our yard. I fantasized about living in an area with four seasons, enjoying brilliant autumn leaves and crisp snowy landscapes, and especially springs and summers riotous
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How it all began
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STORY: My husband & I started our vegetable stand several years ago by simply putting our extra vegetables at the end of the driveway on a table with an umbrella over it. We have grown so much over the last few years. It is taking us into retirement to our property.
A New Beginning
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STORY: Butterflies are so special to me. It’s a representation of a New Life after death. The death of the caterpillar hence a BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY
Mini-me.
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STORY: When I fractured my ankle she took 9ver.
American copper beauty
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STORY: I started gardening for the beauty and love of flowers and nature.
My gardening experience
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STORY: I come from a family of gardeners. When I was about 6 years old my grandmother showed me how to gather seeds and start my own garden. I have been gardening ever since. I am now 73 years old and still garden. I also work in the garden department of my department store and have done so in other stores for 30 years. I have taught many people how to garden. I love it!
Master Gardener Volunteer Trainee
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STORY: I moved from Alberta, Canada to Georgia USA in 2002. I left behind rich black soil to be greeted with hard, nutrient-poor clay. I spent YEARS killing all manner of plants. This year I buckled down and took Master Gardener training, and I did my first soil test, and planted fruit trees (june berries, paw paws, blueberries, figs, mulberries) and put in this raised bed garden!
Family Tradition
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STORY: My 8 year old daughter and I started gardening together about three years ago. I knew nothing about gardens, but we needed a calm outside activity since she was due to have brain surgery and had some heavy restrictions on activities. The following year, after many surgery complications, we found ourselves gently putting in another garden. She loved sitting in the grass and digging holes, planting seeds, and picking vegetables when they were ready. This is our first “normal” summer
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