Garden joy! And.... a garden renovation video

A few years ago I needed to write a bit of garden verse for the center of an art piece I was working on..  But  the verse just went on and on and on and I could only fit a few lines into the art work. 

Here,below.

 So; in honor of this years gardens and gardeners and the month of August, I present the verse in it's entirety. All photos are from my gardens this year.

With loving hands a garden is made;
 diligent labor with sickle and spade.

From rich black earth, their comes rebirth;

 as Spring doth come to call.

 Jonquil and Violet sweeten the air; 
the copse and grove no longer bare,

 but covered in greens beyond compare...
and throngs of Daffodil. 

 Then march the Buttercups over the hill

Roses and Lavender, Thyme and Dill

 "Alas, the Earth will not be still!" the little robins sing.

And in the sultry summer's heat

 The happy daisy faces greet

us...... with a smile

and REPEAT 

a symphony of bloom.

  Bees do hum, cicadas strum,

the tune of the woodpecker beats like a drum. And Queen Anne's face

 all dressed in lace,

bids everyone to come!

,

Come to the garden, come one come all!
Morning glory meandering over the wall,

 Until in lushness it doth fall

 in heaps upon the ground.

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On a Periwinkle carpet our feet do tread

 Old Joe Pye towering over our head,

Above and beneath us,

wondrously spread,

 The impeccable joy of the garden!

Jeri Landers

  I hope you've had a glorious gardening season, it seems sad we are nearing the end of it in many parts of North America, too soon. But for those of you in other  locales who have just begun to dig in the soil, Cheers!

  Here is the Garden Renovation  video I made while re-creating the poor garden destroyed by the fallen Walnut Tree.