The historical cemetery fence garden continues to come along. As you look into the entrance, the right side of the rock to mulch conversion of the fence garden is done – as far as we are going to take it, until fall. That is the longest side, and will eventually also be, at the farthest end, the home of some iris transplants from the shaded garden that is inside the fence. The shaded garden inside the fence is high maintenance due to it’s location – in the grass, with no border, lots of weeding, and very low hanging tree branches.

It would be a fair assessment to say I have pretty much decided that historic cemetery site is where I feel most called as a volunteer. I do so love the historic mansion site as well, but I am so much more drawn to what can be done for the historic cemetery, how the neighborhood is appreciating it, how other volunteers for the historic society are contributing, and the long-term impact and potential for slow, thoughtful preservative, sustainable projects and improvements. I am NOT a high maintenance girl, in any area of my life, and that is how I like to garden too. There is good (reasonably healthy plants, ok view), better (robust plants, clean view), and best (thriving, blooming plants, tidy well cared for view). Any of those is fully achievable long term with the updates being done at the historic cemetery gardens. And people on daily walks are also contributing by weeding. Community! Love!

There has also been no shortage of plant donations for the site. The communication is that if you plant it, you water it. And the fence garden is filling in beautifully!

It will be a week and a half until I can start on the left side, and it will be in more of the heat because it is all day full sun. (The leadership for the site calls that the “field side”.) I envision lots of daylilies there, a particular joy for me to imagine! But first it needs the rock to mulch conversion.