2025 Gardening Progress

The formal rose garden that slopes down a sunny hill off the porch finds structure (we waited three years after planting to hedge), the pollinator garden shapes up on the other side of the property, and a simple cold plunge finds a home.

A well-maintained garden with pink flowering plants, green bushes, and mulch, surrounded by a lawn with trees and a white house in the background.
A lush garden with well-manicured green bushes, pink flowers, a stone birdbath, and a yellow Labrador retriever walking in the background.
A lush garden with flower beds, a bird bath, a planter with flowers, and a decorative sculpture in the background, surrounded by green grass and trees.
A garden with blooming pink, white, and yellow flowers, and lush green foliage, with a wooden fence and house in the background.
A close-up of purple and white daisy-like flowers with tall purple flowers in the background, surrounded by green foliage and grass in a park or garden setting.
A wooden outdoor sauna with a metal chimney pipe, situated in a wooded area, with a metal barrel filled with water nearby.

Some Pruning and Art

We took down some trees, added a sculpture and more!

A woman sitting on the edge of a truck bed filled with chopped firewood outside under a tree with green leaves, smiling and wearing a large sun hat, sunglasses, a dark sweater, and gloves.
A woman in a white dress and wide-brimmed straw hat tending to plants in a garden bed, with a dog nearby, in a backyard with green trees and a grassy field in the background.
Wooden garden beds with various plants, gravel pathway, wooden fence, and a parked truck in the background.
Close-up of pink peony flowers in a garden with a wooden fence and trees in the background.
A man with gray hair wearing outdoor clothing, shorts, and hiking shoes standing next to a rusty abstract metal sculpture on a grassy field with a forest background.
A wooden bowl filled with fresh green herbs, including sage, rosemary, thyme, and possibly oregano, placed on an outdoor wooden surface with a garden and greenery in the background.