When a garden is a reflection of a life, it deserves to be more than just an afterthought to a lawn.
I first met Ruth three years ago, when she was looking for help sprucing up her planting beds and advice on how to deal with the gophers that arrived like clockwork from the open space behind her home. After listening while Ruth pointed out plant after plant that had been grown from a friend’s cutting or received as a gift from someone special in her life, I started wondering why she was limiting herself to a narrow planting strip only a few feet wide wedged in at the edges of her lawn. Her plants and the stories behind them were far more interesting than the tired patch of sod that dominated the back yard.
