by Amy Martin

The Eastwood Diggers (our name for this go round) convened to finish prepping and planting the Peavy half of the entry garden. A big task! Lots of rosinweed roots to dig out — a lovely, overambitious native plant that took over the garden during its two years of neglect. Out of the ground and into a bin for replanting in the greenbelt the roots went.

Pot after pot of plants, from four inches to four gallons, magically emerged from Sharon’s small vehicle like some kind of verdant clown car. She and Francis brainstormed plant placement, then with help from me, we started digging holes. In the case of the big hibiscus bushes, quite large ones!

It’s a beautiful design, with a stairstepping of plants from tall in the back to short in the front, selected for a spectrum of blooming periods. The first summer will be crucial, but over time they will naturalize and fill in beautifully. Then they all got watered in and mulched. Ta da!