Flowercy – Flower and Poetry

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Flowercy – Flower and Poetry is one of my personal favorite Dreamscapes.  It was inspired by the a garden that was created from literally nothing.

I once created a garden in an empty and very plain dirt courtyard of an apartment building I lived in. The courtyard really looked awful and unkempt.  It had ants in a line climbing a tree to eat it’s sap, a bush and another tree.  Everything else was dirt with a few weeds and some tufts of grass here and there.  Nobody paid attention to it, ignoring it while walking by. 

The first action I took was to cut out sections and pathways in the dirt in order to make areas to walk and areas for plants.  It was the outline of the plan to make it a beautiful place.

Getting plants was a challenge as everything in the garden was either free or what was needed was donated to the project.  So, I started asking around the neighborhood for clippings and plants. 

First I found a lady that was having her yard re-landscaped.  She gave me many plants to take away.  Then some other neighbors pitched in with plants and cuttings.  A few businesses in the area had some neglected plants, so donated them. 

It became a neighborhood project with businesses, friends and nearly complete strangers donating plants and seeds to make it grow.  And, boy did it!  Shortly it was quite an amazing garden happily growing!  The insects that started to make their home there balanced out the overabundance of the other insects.  It became sustainable without having to use chemical bug spray.

Nothing should have been able to grow there as the dirt was so poor. Yet this garden thrived and created some of the most unique and magical moments!

One day as I walked the sidewalk to the garden, a butterfly flew up and kissed me on the lips, then flew away.

Another time, and this is the inspiration for Flowercy – Flower and Poetry, I had a plant that wasn’t doing very well. First the plant was babied with extra vitamins and fertilizer.  Each day I gave it encouragement.  It started showing signs of improving and admired it.  Soon it started doing very well so I would check on it every now and again to give it a little more love.

One morning as I went about the daily garden routine, I felt as if I needed to look behind me. The feeling didn’t go away, so I looked only to see a very proud plant with a simply glorious white bloom. It had a little dew on it and the sun “just happened” to hit it perfectly to make a sparkle.

I’m proud of being able to capture the beautiful moment! 🙂

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