My mother is my inspiration for love of gardening. Growing up in Chicago we had a small garden but what she did in the little space she always made it beautiful. She is the one that helped me design my Japanese rock garden in the front of my home.
I went to visit her in Scottsdale, AZ and now was able to help her in her garden. Unfortunately there was a miscomunication between her and my brother. He had delivered about 6 tons of 2-3 inch pebbles to her yard. My mom kept her blinds down in her kitchen so she would not have to look at her garden disaster She had told me about it but I did not think it was as bad as she decribed and waited for me to come out to help her fix it. It was about 6 mo before I could get out there. I could not believe my eyes. The garden was completely gray except for the pool. Thank goodness my sister was there to help me. It took us 10days to complete the project. Talk about back breaking. Oh yeah we went to a spa after.

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