A Little English Garden

This Memorial Day Weekend was full indeed. Our main project was to do something with this little patch of dirt in our front yard right by the front entrance. It was always an odd-shaped little piece of land and we didn't know what we would do with it when we moved in. A few bushes were planted, but we had vision for so much more! So, Hannah and I went off to the nursery for some flowers, and we worked hard for almost three days to complete the project. Danny and Ryan were a huge help to us though, and in the end, we think the completed project looks beautiful. We had a vision for an English Garden... and this is how it went.

This was what we started with. Kind of boring...

Then we went to the nursery and brought home tons of plants and a couple of planters.




Hannah did almost ALL of the hard work of planting - she planted 42 flowers! Okay, that means 42 holes that she dug! She is most definitely a diligent and hard-working young lady.

You can see Danny and Ryan in the background. Danny laid all the stepping stones and spread all the heavy bags of mulch, with Ryan as his assistant. It was so much fun to work together on a project!

Of course, all this work and heat meant a trip to 7-11 for big gulps!!

These are the pictures of the finished product!! We think it is "rather lovely", and look forward to the day we can put a bench out there and just sit and have our tea! Hannah will probably sit out there with a sketch pad and draw all of the flowers and bunnies. She loves to draw, especially things in nature.

Bravo Hannah! Hannah not only did all the work of planting, but she also designed the beds and planted them. I am so proud of her! She certainly did NOT get her love of gardening from me. (Maybe her grandparents, but not me!)

Besides the flower garden, this weekend was full of wonderful memories, such as a baseball game in DC, a stop at the mall , a bonfire, and a swim and dinner with our dear friends. It is also the weekend Jacob reached a milestone - but I will save that post for tomorrow. Oh, and we even finalized our summer vacation plans - we are headed up to Stillwater, Minnesota to visit my family. That will be fun- and hopefully maybe cooler than Maryland in August!!