Writing about gardening has brought me many wonderful garden friends. Here are some of the gardeners who touched my life in February.
Debi of Go Explore Nature is new to gardening. Debi is a student on my Step by Step Gardening course. She is taking up gardening with the same enthusiasm which she puts into all of her outdoor adventures with her two boys. You can read about Debi’s adventures in the school garden. Oh, to be in California in February!
When I wrote about I’m a gardener because… Debi shared that the death of her dad has brought her to gardening. I really love the comments I’ve received on that post. They have given me many connections with other gardeners. Suz of Slow Family Online was inspired to write a wonderful post about who brought her to gardening which prompted some equally wonderful comments at her blog.
While you are over at Suz Lipman’s blog please do read her About Slow Family. She writes of how she wants to do things with her family, rather than dump her kids to be entertained while she runs errands. Be sure to catch the part where she talks of walking the girl scouts. And of course she loves to garden and observe nature.
I have another great friend who believes in getting kids outside. Shannon Baer of Backyard Mama doesn’t just write about getting outdoors, she runs an outdoor-focused preschool. Of course Shannon loves to garden too. She’s making her seed order up this week – despite that, she took time out of her busy schedule to talk with me on the phone. It is always nice to put a voice to an online face. Shannon has a gardening mentor and she helped me with research for Lesson 4 – Mentor, Mentor of Step by Step Gardening.
Jenny of J Peterson Garden Design is new to my list of garden lovers. When I wrote about Who’s Yard is it Anyway. Jenny came over and commented. Jenny and I share a love of books by Sally Wasowski. I asked Jenny to recommend a favorite post at her blog and she pointed me to garden evolution, which showcases how synergy with one of her clients produced a beautiful garden.
Jenny also sent me to visit East Side Patch where I discovered a fellow American from Scotland who mixes science fiction and gardening in his blog. Truly a unique combination and worth a visit!
It would be remiss of me not to mention Carole Brown at Ecosystem Gardening and Rachel Matthews of Successful Garden Design with whom I have contact several times a week. Really, I have too much to say to about them to say more. I’ll save it for another time.
These are some of the garden lovers in my life. Who inspires you?
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Alison, you have made my day! It was such a joy & pleasure to stop by your blog and be made to feel like part of the family! I look forward to beginning my gardening journey & am happy to have you by my side (even if only in the cybersense).
Debi´s last blog ..Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Alison, what a sweet mention. Thank you so much! Plus you’ve given me some new gardeners to check out.
My maternal grandparents had a garden I got to help them with for bits of summer in Iowa. My dad’s mom had a garden every few years in a strip of her backyard in Chicago, too, and I’d help her and Grandpa weed while the jets would fly overhead landing at Midway.
Then we moved to Wisconsin and we had gardens, goats, rabbits, chickens and I had to have that for my own children. Took us a few years, but we’ve started and we’re doing it. The kiddos love it!
Thanks again for the Ranger Rick magazines, the kiddos are loving them, too!
Hi there Alison. I just saw you were following me on Twitter .. I am a bit hopeless on twitter but just wanted to say Hi.I was so interested in your family connections with your gardening and art! …and also the mention of “slow things” on your blog list, as I had a couple of posts about slow things on my blog this week. I have also been reading again some of Charlotte Masons ideas on educating children in a natural way. Someone on the radio the other day asked if kids go on nature walks these days… someone else said no because of health and safety issues … which I thought was a bit ironic.. I love gardening, just don’t have one at the moment!