What shape is your garden?
I recently had the pleasure of hearing FIG member, Macomb resident, and resident labyrinth expert Kelly Quinn speak about labyrinths and the way human societies have used labyrinths for thousands of years. Many outdoor labyrinths are accompanied by beautiful landscaping but I was especially captivated by this image from a Spokane, Washington, backyard vegetable garden.
The backyard garden of Craig Goodwin (used with permission)
Gardens and farm fields grow plants and help fulfill our dietary needs but they also appeal to and stimulate our senses. They lift our spirits in different ways. What shape is your garden and how does it inspire you?Two of our family gardens are basic rectangles without a lot of unique visual appeal, although now that I am writing this I recall that one of them has a section that stretches an arm behind the compost bin to grow sunflowers that emerge above the bin in late June or July… or, they will once we stop planting the sunflowers as late as late June or July. Our strawberry gardens along the front sidewalk are more unique and I will post a photograph of them next once the snow melts and they start growing again in the spring. FIG member and Organic Agriculture Professor Joel Gruver published photographs of Macomb’s backyard gardens last summer and I will post some of those photos here on the blog very soon.
