http://awaytogarden.com/why-do-you-garden-nears-100-comments Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://awaytogarden.com/why-do-you-garden-nears-100-comments/comment-page-2#comment-295976 Kim Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:20:02 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1707#comment-295976 Ah, Brenda.... that is really a wonderful story of gardening! Ah, Brenda…. that is really a wonderful story of gardening!

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/why-do-you-garden-nears-100-comments/comment-page-2#comment-295505 Margaret Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:47:06 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1707#comment-295505 Hi, Brenda. How nice of you to share that story -- and also offer such a nice compliment. Hope to see lots of you here in 2012. Hi, Brenda. How nice of you to share that story — and also offer such a nice compliment. Hope to see lots of you here in 2012.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/why-do-you-garden-nears-100-comments/comment-page-2#comment-295079 Brenda Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:11:33 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1707#comment-295079 My Mom and my Grandma B were both avid gardeners ...my earliest childhood memories involve holding a flashlight and a bucket on late summer nights as my Grandma made us co-conspirators in her quest to dig up native Lady's Slippers that grew in the quarry near her home (completely illegal in Manitoba). My childhood is filled with memories of begonias, tiger lilies and peonies. I have been gardening for close to 25 years now. In the beginning it was a way to feel close to those two women that I loved dearly and lost. Then it quickly became a passion, a way to find hope, strength, peace and beauty. I fully credit my gardens for saving me mentally and spiritually...Now it is a career that I adore and I feel so incredibly lucky and grateful that gardening and landscaping has become such a huge part of my life. Thank you for this site - it has inspired me on many occasions! My Mom and my Grandma B were both avid gardeners …my earliest childhood memories involve holding a flashlight and a bucket on late summer nights as my Grandma made us co-conspirators in her quest to dig up native Lady’s Slippers that grew in the quarry near her home (completely illegal in Manitoba). My childhood is filled with memories of begonias, tiger lilies and peonies. I have been gardening for close to 25 years now. In the beginning it was a way to feel close to those two women that I loved dearly and lost. Then it quickly became a passion, a way to find hope, strength, peace and beauty. I fully credit my gardens for saving me mentally and spiritually…Now it is a career that I adore and I feel so incredibly lucky and grateful that gardening and landscaping has become such a huge part of my life. Thank you for this site – it has inspired me on many occasions!

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