The day started early.
Very early.
The Homeward Bound Memorial Garden is beautiful and peaceful at sunrise…
and, when not even the Daylilies have opened, best served up with a hot cup of coffee.
A full day’s work was only a truckload away…
actually two truckloads.
30 yards of walk-on bark to put a final finish on our weed beaten paths and bring out the beauty of the garden’s beds.
“The unmulched garden looks to me like some naked thing which, for one reason or another, would be better off with a few clothes on.” ~ Ruth Stout, The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book
The hard work of wheelbarrowing and raking in place was done by the team of Wholesale Bark and Mulch. This family business features three generations pulling together to deliver their great work with pride. We are as touched by their generous added donation as we think they were by our dogs and mission.
While they toiled, we had no excuse but to do the same. Maria expanded her Herb Garden, while Ina took a pick axe to the blackberry roots, clearing the way for her expanded Cottage Garden.
The results of the day: fully dressed and manicured paths lined with rounded rock which highlight the beauty of the flowering beds.
This is the dressing we have been waiting for.
With benches moved in, the paths create a focal point of the “lawn” area and wonderful places from which to soak up the surrounding beauty.
This calls for a celebratory drink!
We’ll see you in the gardens. It’s lights out time for me!
Gardens For Goldens 
Spectacular.
🙂
im absolutely in love with your garden
Thank you so much! And thanks for visiting us from such a distance 🙂
Paths look wonderful and inviting. Question – what is the shingled item in the last picture with your hard working volunteers?
Judy, that is a little hut that one of the volunteers built to house our St. Francis statue…patron saint of the animals 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
It was exhausting thinking about spreading two truck loads! Love your garden pictures and how everyone seems working there.
Winter will arrive just in time to give us all a much-needed rest! Thanks for visiting, Mary!
What a wonderful place. I know exact what it feels like to have those trucks dump a load of mulch–only to scamper off for another… and another. I think I used 8 loads this year!
8??? I think 2 is more than enough for me!