Hearts Ease

Welcome to my garden. Hearts Ease is a secret garden located in an average neighborhood, hidden and protected by a large non descriptive stockade fence where Ivy of different colors merge and entwine with a climbing Pink Mary Rose, as miniature roses bushes, Pink Fairy grow along the base of the fence. From the top of the eight foot fence hangs a decades growth of Climbing Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis terniflora).

One day as I tended my private sanctuary a place all creatures are at peace with each other. A garden where butterflies, dragonflies and hummingbirds fill the air, rabbits make their warrens and ducklings swim and played with my dogs. A friend stopped by unexpectedly. This friend had recently suffered a heart breaking loss and seemed to be lost as her heart was broken.

As her foot first touched the gravel path a smile slowly came across her tired face as she embraced the view. I stood busy at my garden table making tussie mussie for gifts from my daily collection of rose blooms and naturals. I went to my friend only stopping quickly to shoo a mother mallard who was leading her new ducklings past a sleeping cocker spaniel as I did this I noticed in another area of the garden my old yellow Labrador was busy watching butterflies hover between my butterfly bush Black Knight Butterfly Bush - Buddleia - and the tip of his pink wet nose.

A warm feeling of peace washed over me as I thought how lucky I was. Each step deeper into the garden the tired worn friend went, she visibly became a younger version of the women who had just opened the gate. I thought to myself as I witnesses the effects of the peace on her that this garden was sort of natural Botox. I moved towards her greeting her with a hug and a beribboned tussie mussie. She shook both of them off in a kind way, her eyes roaming the garden taking in every color and texture, she said "Your garden brings me so much peace, it eases my heart, you should call this hearts ease garden." My friend smiled back at me. It was then I could see in her eyes that she was free from the recent pain if only for a few minutes, I felt lucky to have been able to give her those moments no matter how brief.

Flattered by her words I decided then to honor her by naming my garden, "Hearts Ease Garden".