Bloom Where You are Planted

Isabel says that her "theme" for this summer is: "Bloom where you are planted".

She says this while enjoying the second floor terrace garden filled with red, pink and white geraniums, pansies, violas, wave petunias, salvia, lavatera, polka dots, poppies and portulaca (the flower, not the weed!). Isabel's terrace garden was all planted with only the occasional tiny visible patch of soil. And then along came the Wascana Rec Director with some more bedding plants that needed a home. STUFF THEM IN, Isabel said....

Colour abounds and there is no order.....

Just like life.

Bloom where you are planted.

Isabel has a new neighbour. Isabel is helping her new friend get adjusted to the "ropes at Wascana". Her new friend is a lifelong gardener who like Mum can no longer actively do the gardening, but can supervise and enjoy! She and Isabel have had a long discussion about "gardens we have known and loved".

A lovely lounge with floor to ceiling windows overlooks the terrace garden. Her new neighbour spends many hours in that lounge each day, and we are thankful to be able to share Isabel's flowers. Family members from both rooms now fertilize and water the garden as the long days of summer enjoyment stretch before us.

Happy Summer Solstice!

From the Gang in the Garden