Opening to Happy Garden Discoveries | Cross River Real Estate

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reat gardeners are great planners. However, there is an unknown variable that occasionally interjects itself in our most logical equations, that unpredictable thing called serendipity. It’s defined as luck in the form of a happy accidental discovery, and most of us intuitively recognize it when it happens to us. It puts a smile on our faces. It causes us to slow down and ponder what is really important in life. It causes the rose gardener in each of us to actually stop and smell the roses.

For those new to gardening, serendipity can shock and surprise when it happens. For the artist or garden designer, the stage can be set through thoughtful placement of plants, beds and accessories. Still, serendipity is one of life’s fleeting mysteries. Embrace and celebrate it when it occurs.

My goal in writing this ideabook is to encourage you to open your eyes to serendipity so that you don’t miss it when it next happens to you. Let us know what you see.
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The miracle of spring. Spring, more than any other season, provides the opportunity for serendipity to happen to those who are open to it. Newly emerging plants change by the hour, literally growing before our eyes. I spotted this unfurling painted fern frond at the edge of my koi pond. It stopped me in my tracks, sending me down to my hands and knees for a closer look. The frond resembled, to my eye, a happy dragon emerging from a sea of color and texture. It was gone in several hours, but until then, it was exquisite.
 
 
 
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