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The 2023 Garden Update

June 22, 2023

by Kate Forrest

The Wild Rose

"Sometimes hidden from me
in daily custom and in trust,
so that I live by you unaware
as by the beating of my heart,

suddenly you flare in my sight,
a wild rose blooming at the edge
of thicket, grace and light
where yesterday was only shade

and once more I am blessed, choosing
again what I chose before."
— Wendell Berry

Two years ago, I started a gardening blog, which I had planned to keep up for the duration of the 2021 growing season. I apologize to everyone who followed our efforts, expecting a short break in May of 2021, only to find that the updates did not return. Life happened and I regret that the blog fell by the wayside, but the gardening and landscaping projects continued. Today, the documentation of our Williamsburg garden (USDA Hardiness Zone 7b) and all the inspiration we have on our doorstep in Colonial Williamsburg’s extensive gardens and arboretum continues on my Instagram account @KateForrestAuthor.

~Kate