A gardener works with living stuff, not static furniture and fabric. They might even make you rich. Now, it so happened that Amos Perry had been breeding Oriental poppies. Hardly daring to hope, Perry went to visit his angry customer and, sure enough, a white Oriental poppy stood in full bloom. But I digress.
Creative gardening begins with questions, some inner-looking.
What kinds of plants am I drawn to in other gardens and in picture books. Other questions are more practical. No one sits down, answers a series a questions and, voila, the garden is sorted out once and for all. Gardening is about process. At heart, it is a romantic quest, a striving after an ideal.