NOT SO SECRET GARDEN

"I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but IN the garden." -Frances Hodgson Burnett ( 1849-1924)

 Well, not exactly the secret garden from the book,  but  it's my little oasis.

 And it's booming.

 Dragons blood, anenome, climbing hydrangea,  sedums, have taken over the wall.

 Verbeena, Rhubarb, Cranesbill (lots and lots and LOTS  of Cranesbill)

 Geraniums everywhere, all starting to flower, and roses, just beginning....

"I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense to get hold of it and make it do things for us...."
                                                 -Burnett ( The Secret Garden 1911) 

 Alchemilla ( Lady's Mantle) at first light, drenched in the rain.

 Busy bees. Feeding off the Cranesbill. Their bodies carrying  orange pollen.

 Abraham Lincoln Rose. 

 The Verbascum ( considered a huge weed by some) is Massive already. It will make giant sunflower stalks that the bees will sleep in.

 "If you look, you can see right away that the whole world is a garden..." -Secret garden 1911

 Mauve Perennial Geranium

 And lots of bees. BUZZ. This is good.

 Maidenhair Fern. I thought it was dead. It's GIGANTIC. 

 Rain on it and it will come back.

"And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles...." -Secret  Garden 1911 

 And of course, it helps to  have Spencer  snoozing at the entrance......he blooms and blooms in the sun on the gate.

Photographs 2020