Trusting the process
April 27, 2010 – 8:32 am
Blue Lupines and Pink Knock-out Roses dance in the wind with Yellow Bulbine in the background
For the last 25 or so years our garden club has been planting and replanting the medians that bank the highway on James Island. Every few years or so we would tweak our planting scheme, adding new plants, deleting others. Just as some of us had made peace with the final arrangements, we decided to take a giant leap and change it completely.
This took a great deal of trust in the horticulturist we “hired” to design the new schematic. Of course, at first, the change was very difficult for some. How dare we change what they worked so hard to create and nurture? Truth be told, even I was not overly excited about the major changes. After all, I’m the type who stops on the side of the road to rescue half dead plants.
What to do? Pray and practice trust, even (or especially) when in doubt. Sometimes the hardest part of decision making is accepting that your best efforts still fall short of perfection. After a year of grumbling, fielding comments and trusting the process, today we have a beautiful median filled with mostly native plants and full sun die-hards. Lupine, Bulbine, Heliotropes, Aloes and Knock-outs just to name a few.
Sure, some may still think it is imperfect, but it is the most colorful and vibrant planting we’ve had so far and I am so thankful that we embraced the changes even when afraid of their outcome.
“I did the best I could with what I knew at the time and when I knew better, I did better.” Maya Angelou
Happy Day,
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