Van Bourgondien

March 2008 Winner

Kim Kelsey of Springfield, MA is our March 2008 Winner!

My name is Kim Kelsey. I live in Springfield, MA and have been a gardener for six years now. I have 7 different beds and rearranged most of them over the years. When I first started out, I planted for color, never bothering with height and width. I soon learned the error of my ways, hence the need for rearranging! I am now a much wiser planter, taking great care placing and spacing properly and using colors. For someone who never had gardens before because I had always lived in an apartment, now that I own my own home, I don't think I do such a bad job. My husband loves to watch me as I nurture each plant, pruning and trimming them just right. I enjoy the first signs of life as the dreary winter gives way to spring. Even as I type, I have little sproutings from spring bulbs peeking through the ground.

I hope you enjoy the fruits of my labors and God's color pallet.

Some of the Lilies in my front yard garden.	Lily in red. One of the plants in my back yard garden that my husband created for me. He dug, I planted.
	Foxy foxglove from my side yard garden.
Casablanca Lily	Purple Dome Aster
Tulips in the front garden.	Majestic purple.
Anis Hyssop.
	Raindrops are fallin' on my head.