I can garden, after a fashion
Arboretum activists Peggy Rahn and Peggy Stewart -- they have done so much else for the community for so many decades I know, but for the purpose of this, they are Arb types -- asked me over to the county green place in Arcadia Sunday to participate in the I Can Garden part of the upcoming LA Garden Show.
You take non-gardeners such as myself, give them a galvanized metal can filled with good soil, and tell them to have at it. I used a cactus, some succulents, a piece of copper piping, some beautiful shards of tile and some wine corks in the above creation.
It's not that I am a total non-gardener. I keep alive the extraordinary Meyer lemon tree in our yard with a little bit of deep watering and fertilizer, and do plant tomatoes each spring, and force paperwhites in cigar boxes as Christmas gifts. Oh, and nine rose bushes are under my care. But that's about it. It was fun to be presented with a blank canvas of compost and have to fill it, in my minimalist fashion. The LA Garden Show is upcoming May 2-4 at the Arboretum.