From+Lucy+Van+Liew

= From Lucy Van Liew = June 14th Wow- It is great to see the garden shelter going up- I am so looking forward to seeing it completed. Thank you to the class of 2010 for making it possible.

The Zephrin Drouhin Rose looks incredibly happy and I am delighted that the deer don't seem to have found it! I do hope it has still some flowers for graduation. I am writing knowing you are having field day today. I hope you have lovely weather for it.

The benches look great and I hope they are being useful.

Has the groundhog made a reappearance this year?

4th May 2010

I am so enjoying hearing about the plans and activities for the spring and for Grandparents Day. I hear you have been having very warm weather recently so no doubt all the blossom is out and things are beginning to shoot up- including the weeds! I am so glad to hear that most of the perennials we planted last year have survived the winter.

I have been visiting a number of gardens in England that reflect fashions and styles of different periods from Roman times - How people arranged their gardens reflected all aspects of society- political thought, new ideas and technology, the results of exploration and the social hierarchies and infrastructure as well of course as social one upmanship and aspirations!

We are living in Kent which is known as th garden of england, where apples and other fruit is widely grown- thus the whole county is full of blossom at the moment- enchanting.

I look forward to hearing how grandparents day goes and other developments.!

Lucy



The ** TCS Children's Garden Classroom ** is the result of a vision and generous benefactor who saw the value in such a project. It's success also comes from ideas from students, faculty and parents and many volunteers who helped put those ideas into action. Leading the charge was our own TCS parent, Lucy Van Liew. Her expertise and planning yielded a space which is difficult to walk past without entering. Thank you, Lucy!

Lucy may be in England this year (2009-2010), but her thoughts haven't strayed far from our garden. She will continue to monitor it's "journey" via this website and with email communication with the school, Meghan Flynn, Kathy McCurdy and other garden volunteers.

So watch this website for messages and photos from Lucy!

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 * Thank you Kathy for posting those great photos - I am very sorry to be missing the first harvest of the gourds - But I hope that some of them will be transformed into bird houses. Don't forget to keep the seeds of the best ones for planting next year. I love the way they grew into the willow arbor. Every year the branches of the arbour will be getting stronger so this might be something to do again next year!**


 * I was sorry our runner beans didn't work well this year- I remember it was a combination of groundhogs, rain and possibly late planting- I think they don't like to be transplanted- but the lovely thing is we can always try again next year and we will have learnt so much for this years experience.

__February 22nd 2010__

I loved seeing the photo of the garden in the snow - We have had quite a lot of snow here in England this year which is most unusual. I am planning to be in Madison for a week or so from the 10th March and look forward to visiting the garden and talking to you all about the plans for this year.

I found this photo in my files and it cheered me up reminding me of the magic of the seasons- especially now when the winter seems so long.**