A Gardening Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve to everyone, a most beautiful and balmy evening it has been in Otago, that marks the start of the holiday season!

Reflecting on what a year it’s been, there certainly has been many ups and downs, but from that roller-coaster of a year grew Leaf Landscape Design!

Tonight I walked about my tiny ranch of 1 acre, and soaked up the perfume from the roses while enjoying the blackbird singing in the warm evening. It has been such an amazing night. I picked and ate a few strawberries that were ripe and closed the chooks safely back into their coup. On Thursday I will be helping a client out by clearing a very small , but very overgrown back garden, and making a few changes to their garden to reduce the amount of maintenance for them in future. My aim is to bring them the same joy that my patch does, no matter what size.

What brings me the most joy about my profession of landscape design, is helping people. People from all walks of life, with each property being unique and everyone’s requirements and budgets are also unique. Every design is bespoke. Every garden tidied up and new plants planted is exciting and a relief to the client to have it sorted. And a delivery of a box of plants on their doorsteps as ordered is like a Christmas present, any time of the year.

2019 will bring so many exciting new projects, some are already in the pipeline, like seeds starting to sprout. I love creating new ideas, to help my clients shape their patch into an amazing space that works for them.

I truly hope Christmas is a time you can spend with your friends, neighbors or family. I also hope you get to have some time to walk about your garden and enjoy it. Merry Christmas everyone .