When you go to the site you will see photos of the celebrated gardens for 2009. Keep in mind there are about 2500 gardens presented so I am not fooling myself into thinking that I am THAT special. But I am thrilled!
You see my gardening has been quite the joke for my family and friends. I cannot think of a more beautiful way to start every day then to walk past gorgeous flowers on your way to the garage or street. Unfortunately my green thumb is a little more black and blue in color. My gardening cycle usually starts with a trip to the nursery, a day of planting, an evening of satisfaction (celebrating with wine on the patio) and then the following week another trip to the nursery, a day of replacing the dead plants and an evening of relief. By the middle of August, the cycle is more like a day of closing my eyes past the yard, making excusing for the weeds and contemplating next year with hope. I have plenty of gardening equipment on the boulevard of broken dreams.
This past summer all that changed. I came home to find a small poster on my front lawn stating that my garden was noted by Buffalo in Bloom. Totally thought my neighbor or husband stole the sign from another yard and was playing a trick on me. Then I went to the door and found the official paperwork. That placard is still on my lawn, even in the snow. I was inspired.
To Mayor Brown and the co-chairs of Kate Bukowski and Maureen O'Connell, I say thank you. This recognition has only encouraged me to try even harder to make my little section of Buffalo more beautiful. I will not let you down this year. It will be bigger, better and in bloom longer! Today I plan my garden for this spring, after of course I stop by the frame shop to get my certificate mounted.
You go girl, show your worth!
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