As a landscape professional the dead of winter and a new year forces me to reflect on the garden successes of 2009 and what to anticipate in 2010. With the current economic state many gardeners are scaling back on large plans. For now small steps are walked toward the garden of their dreams. It's funny how nature and wildlife are unaffected by our economic situtations. Plants keep growing, wildlife continue to survive, the seasons keep rolling along, and so does the cicle of life. One of the privledges, really responsibilites, of my being a landscape designer is working with nature for not just the benefit of humans, but for the benefit of the wildlife, the watershed, the environment. This ecomonmic slowdown forces us to reconnect with those values and beliefs that define us. For me it's sharing of my passions and talents for my clients. In the process I have the ability to work in flowering perennials or shrubs that bees, butterfly and birds rely on for their survival.
One of the highlights of last year was taking our son to
Tyler Arboretum on a perfect summer day. He interacted with butterflies, climbed the treehouses, ran the wood chipped trails, hopped on the frogs... typical boy stuff. The memories and snapshots we have for those few hours of interactrion with the nature are priceless.
It's these interactions with nature that define our experience, our memories. This year I plan on helping others create memories, even if it's one coneflower at a time (and the bees, butterfly and birds will thank us for it, no matter our economic status).
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