About us

Welcome to the gardens! We love growing beautiful things while nurturing the land and the people we love. I (Liz) have been an avid gardener and plant collector ever since my husband Rob (my go-to dirt mover) and I bought our first house close to 17 years ago. My summers have always been spent with my hands in the dirt and 3 children at my side (sometimes eating that dirt.)

 

Sometimes life sends you curve balls, and we were sent one in the summer of 2020 when I was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. That summer I wasn't able to do all my normal canning and preserving and I couldn't even eat the wonderful fresh veggies we grew.

 

My flowers though... just seeing the blooms in a vase next to my bed when I was at my sickest brightened an otherwise gloomy time. My oldest child, Oliver, who was 11 at the time, started making beautiful bouquets to give to all the wonderful people who brought us meals and took care of us through all my treatments.

 

Throughout the three years of intense treatment, growing flowers was my therapy. Each seed, bulb, tuber, root and corm I planted was a promise of a hopeful future, a seemingly lifeless object that nevertheless not only survived but flourished and brought beauty to the world. My family and I want to share that beauty with you and those you love.