St. Catherine of Siena once said that the Dominican Order was like a “broad, fragrant garden”. And to make this figure of speech a reality, we have been fixing up our gardens–one new and one old!
We’ll begin with the infirmary garden. The plants we had in this area were frozen during the winter storm of 2021, and we are finally able to put new plants in, as the weather has been cooperating–lots of sun and rain!
Several views of the infirmary garden, from all angles
We gave up on ground cover, and are trying pine straw instead (which we have a lot of!). You can see several new plants here, including two dogwood trees.
We also planted a lot of caladiums–some of them are starting to poke a few leaves out!
Some dear friends of ours wanted us to put in a butterfly garden–and they generously provided the means for us to do this. In order that our many guests could enjoy it, we planted it out front.
Our workmen, David and Pete, look on as the special soil for the garden is delivered.
They really dumped it!
David filling in the beds
Pete smoothing them out
The new beds–ready for planting!
All planted! Now we wait for it to grow a little, and hopefully, the butterflies will come! Many thanks to our dear friend Carmen who helped so much with both of these gardens!
We also got some large rocks for landscaping around the front of the monastery. Thank goodness another friend of ours was able to find some men to help us place them!
These men ROCK!
Thanks to everyone who helped make these gardens grow! We appreciate all your time and hard work. Thanks to our sisters who worked very hard planting and designing and organizing the gardens. Please pray with us that these gardens will do well, and that we will hopefully avoid any more freezes like 2021!
Dominican Life on Lotus Lane 