Do you have a garden? Have you thought of your garden as a place of romance?
As any of you who are regular readers of my blogs will know I am not a gardener. That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy the garden. I enjoy the benefits of tasty vegetables Mick grows. His fresh tomatoes are amazing – far tastier than those in shops. And I’m eagerly waiting for the first passion fruit, my absolutely favorite fruit, to ripen. Knowing what a fan I am Mick has planted several along the back fence and three more along a trellis plus one over an arch. As my Mom used to say ‘Dale is fond off anything she likes.’ While planting passion fruit may not seem all that romantic, it is to me, because it shows my husband cares about what I like.
Another example of his love is him digging out any white flowers that appear. When we first moved in the house had a number of agapanthus and various other white flowering plants. To me, white flowers are weeds. As someone once said ‘a weed is any plant that grows where you don’t want it to.’ So Mick took them out, replacing them with colored flowers, mostly blue. I adore blue flowers.
In a recent article I read by Cheryl Maddocks in the Sydney Morning Herald it said, ‘gardens will take on a softer, more romantic look this year.’ She went to say, ‘Blue is a good garden color for the year ahead.’
I’d have to disagree. Blue is a good color for a garden any year. It is the predominant color in our garden which is great, since ‘color therapists say it has a cleansing effect that quietens the mind and soul. Blue makes you aware of the need for rest and is conducive to calm thought. It is often referred to as the color to relieve modern day pressures.’
Is it any wonder then that I view our garden as a romantic place? Mick and I will often sit in the cool of the evening enjoying the private little oasis we have created. I say ‘we’ because although he does the work I have input into what gets planted.
Sitting together in the cool of the evening with a glass of wine or sometimes in the shade during the day with a cold soft drink are times to talk together about the big things and the small incidents of life.
If you want to relieve stress and bring romance into your marriage, what better place to start than your garden. Why not make your garden a place where you can get away from the kids, relax and unwind or just be romantic together?
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