Garden Rorschach

Shell Woman Garden – bleeding heart and chives – the beauty of sea-women, broken hearts, and spiced tears.

Three Monkeys Garden – columbine, mums, oregano, blanket flower, miniature iris, and a lovely invasive groundcover – fleeting visits, perennial admonition to see, hear, and most of all, speak no evil.

Mary’s Rose Garden – roses – eternal Maiden & Mother, the blessings of thorny passages, safety & sacrifice.

Goldfinch Corner – forsythia, trees – return & rest, shady reunions, emerald eyes/isles.

St. Francis’ Watch – hostas – gracious host, caretaker to all living things. 

Monk’s Retreat – iris, coral bells, dianthus, allium, lily – perennial bed[time] stories light the way to adventure, past & future, understanding, catharsis.

Center Garden – yarrow, hollyhock, lamb’s ears, tulips, sage, clematis, birch tree – wild but centered, all things work from & toward the Center.