Gardens Eye View » Native Plants

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” ~ Jane Austen Such a true statement. Viewing the green of the woods and the meadows. Breathing in th...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2024/06/17/in-a-vase-on-monday-a-vine-day/

…he’s younger every birth‑day than he was the year before. ~Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1839 I feel younger in so many ways each year. Finding my inner child and inner artist certa...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2024/05/27/playing-in-my-native-garden-on-my-birthday/

“Sometimes I would open my eyes and see the summer landscape passing through the dusty windows, so full and ripe at that time of year that it seemed impossible that it could ever be broken down...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2022/06/06/through-my-dusty-windows/

“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight.” ~Marcus Aurelius Last year I started a native plant garden. Plants native to my area that are super hardy, and loved by th...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2022/04/11/dreaming-of-wildflowers/

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”  ~...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2018/11/19/reclaiming-the-front-garden/

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.” ~Carl Jung       June cooled off, keeping the flowers going even while I was gone for a long...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2018/06/18/drowning-in-blooms-and-loving-it/

” If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was c...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2018/05/21/abundance-of-wildflowers-in-may/

“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”  ~Gerard De Nerval    I am grateful to April.  Yes, the weather was ugly….mostly frigid, with what seemed like constant snow.  And it end...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2018/05/07/the-first-flowers-of-may/

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”  ~Victor Hugo   It is time for another blogger interview, and I ...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2018/04/30/meet-the-blogger-a-conversation-with-jason-from-chicago/

“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving.” ~Mother Theresa     I love this quote from Mother Ther...

https://gardenseyeview.com/2017/10/30/golden-rule-in-the-garden/