“The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.” – Gertrude Jekyll- GARDEN PHOTOS - phila muralist Ras Malik (1935-2007) malus (apple) and golden groundsel oxeye sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) wayne harris, son of muralist Ras Malik Grace and Glory Yoga Workshop Ken Schapira (North Standard Co) Amy Perez - phillyjawnslovetagooo native (ground and cavity nesting) bee wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) & blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis) andrew kintner prior years of endless brick/debris removal back from the nursery asclepias tuberosa (shorter 'butterfly' weed) surprise birthday dinner jesse and ed white couple in the garden - 2019 jean barrell at bowman's wildflower preserve tiny house by ed guion of manheim pa jesse sheppard ( guitarist, elkhorn ) jayme guokas (craftwork home) & deborah solo eastern red columbine woodland sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus) at night swamp milkweed (w/seed, Asclepias incarnata) atlantic ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Joanna Doberstein mass planting Beebalm artist bob bender -sketching light/shade times new england aster, white snakeroot, black-eyed susan p sunflower, snakeroot lilah 2017- horticulturist maggie tran from england - here on fellowship at longwood, giving a two hour presentation about native plants/woodland gardens horticulturist maggie tran muralist Ras Malik, in front of ~Forest Green~ paul & catherine ode to west philly - mural by Ras Malik philly tree authority - owner - hasan malik missy meyers - 1st day making a flowerbed broadleaf plantain- a difficult friend- healing but invasive good host plants - Kensington beginnings blue mistflower, Conoclinium coelestinum janet finegar, co-leader of liberty lands in n.libs phlox mt. cuba - magic drift of Houstonia (Quaker ladies) indian pink (Spigelia marilandica) the amazing root systems of native plants st. john's wort (Hypericum) india pink (Spigelia marilandica) at Mt. Cuba rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) rocket cat stoop delivery, transport by thunderbird salvage Canada anemone native fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia) northern sea oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) early days, first bed jayme guokas - craftwork design, 1st front bed Canada anemone, Anemone canadensis