I’m calling them the Gardeners of Good. They are helping me move beyond my Dyslexia and learn the names of my blooming flowers, it’s starting to stick. Coreopsis, Gladiola, Nasturtium, Prim Rose. More to come.
I’ve fallen in love with the prim rose flowers Maria has in her garden.
The depth and range of color are just beautiful. I’ve ordered another small raised garden bed from the Amish and that will be the home of my new Prim Rose raised bed garden.
I’ve got the seeds, I’m just waiting for the garden bed to show up. I think this will be a great addition to my garden beds. In a few weeks I’ll know a dozen names, thanks to the Gardeners of Good.
Who would have thought that something as enjoyable as gardening could also help overcome a lifelong disability. (I hope that’s not a poor choice of words.) Anyway, I’m glad it’s helping.
Gardening has always been a great pleasure for me.
Good choice of words, Steve, I never imagined such a thing, but I am grateful for it..I have a garden community marching right behind me! I wish they were around when I was in school!
Gardeners of Good. I like that. I’m a gardener too, and one of the things we learn is that plants do best with gentle encouragement. You can’t ever FORCE a plant to grow, you can only try to figure out what it needs to be happy, and then try to provide that. And aren’t people the same? We thrive when we receive encouragement.
From my long time reading of your blog I see that you have the “gift of encouragement.” You are for sure an encourager of people — I know this because I have personally been encouraged in my creativity by your writings — and I think this gift also makes you a natural gardener. ?
Marianne, what a great message, and very helpful. I love the idea of encouraging flowers rather than badgering and harassing them..
Jon, I applaude your efforts to learn the names of plants. You have learned the correct (botanical) names of the other 3, however, what you are showing is not a primrose (Primula) it is Oenothera (E-no-the-ra) . A true primrose looks quite different, blooms at a different time, favors different growing conditions, and grow easily from seed. I read you take pictures of your plants and put the name with them to learn. I do the same thing, especially since I have extensive gardens with many species that are new to me (and I’ve been doing this for over 50 yrs!) Take heart, and use whatever method works for you.
Interesting Marianna, thanks..