Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus: The Makeovers

STORY #1 GARDENING THERAPY

Our first big outing was to the West Seattle Nursery and our appointments, usually spaced two weeks apart, kept us on track with our gardening projects and also gave us something positive to look forward to. Thank you for that! We spent time after work (I’m working remotely now and my husband works at a supermarket), weeding, planting, listening to music and loving our time outside. Because the world felt so challenged in so many ways, we decided to make our garden bright, happy and beautiful; we wanted to create a space where we could relax and feel safe.

We had been talking about reimagining and sprucing up our yard for the past couple of years. Since we had more time on our hands this year, we were able to take on these projects.

We planted azaleas (fuchsia and purple) in the spring, impatiens for big bursts of color, lilies, dahlias and more. We even planted sunflowers (from seed) so that we could hold on to summer vibes as we crawl towards fall. They are so close to blooming!

The flowers brought us so much joy that we wanted to share them with other people. Since it’s hard to do that during a pandemic, we planted 50 sunflower seeds and gave them away to neighbors. It’s been fun walking the dogs and seeing them grow in people’s yards! Next year I plan to give away roses since I leaned how to propagate them this year.

We also painted our black, metal patio furniture a bright, glossy orange so that it matched our numerous pots that are filled with coleus, begonias, lantana, geraniums and other pretty flowers. All purchased at WSN!