Start a Mother's Day garden
Give your mom and your mother (nature) a great green gift.
Photo: anneh632/Flickr Story by Susan Brackney. This article originally appeared in Plenty in April 2008.
Copyright Environ Press 2008
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I always planted flowers for my mom in the Spring and did for years. Now that she's gone I plant pansies around the headstone for her AND my Dad.
I've been working a garden for my mom for years now since she her accident that incapacitates her. Her garden is loaded with flowers and herbs that we pluck for birthdays and other events throughout Spring into Fall.
My mother loved to garden and did until a stroke slowed her down.She passed away two yrs ago,and I love to garden and I sence her precence with me whenever I work in my garden,
My mom and I would do this every year for my grandmother, except we used annuals and filled in around her perennials that were already in place. As my grandmother got on in years, she was unable to do the work neccessary to plant, so every mother's day, we'd take her an assortment of annuals and plant them in various spots around her home. She always loved them and took great joy in watering them every few days. Whenever we went over, we'd take a walk with her to view their progress and pull.... More
