I have always wanted to know how to garden efficiently. It is such a joy to visit somewhere and stand in a garden which has been tended to with such care and patience.
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul” – Luther Burbant
Gardens are a sanctuary for some. To sit on the green, surrounded by plants, bushes and fruit trees, little benches and ponds with fountains spouting water from a stone cherub which stands above bubbles of frogspawn. Wooden birds perch on the grass, ceramic gnomes crouch under the bridge leading to the vegetable patch where strawberries and tomatoes grow. This is a dream, a safe place where we will grow as people just like the daisies around us. 
Gardens bring hope. In the book of Genesis there is the Garden of Eden. Everyone has heard of Adam and Eve, this was a place where they were protected and free before the first sin was committed. Here stood the Tree of Life and Adam and Eve had a good relationship with God. In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus had much to think about, he was struggling with what God had asked him to do. Here he prayed and spent time alone with God. And then we have our Tree of Life return in the garden in Revelation 22, standing in glory.
God is present in all of these gardens, we can spend time with him here, sit with him, talk to him, appreciate the nature surrounding us (whether it’s pretty and pruned or alive like a jungle). One day I would love to learn how to landscape properly, grow a garden to be proud of, a safe space to sit outside, full of berries and flowers.
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