You learn to know you’re garden, and  you’re garden knows who you are!

It’s interesting , we were just rewatching a program from years ago “ The Power of Myth” with Joseph Campbell. He was talking about levels of consciousness. He gave an example of a vine that was growing up a Cocconut Palm and how the vine would open these huge leaves only on the sun side of the trunk it was attached to. The plant had a level of consciousness to know where the sun is , not the level we know as humans , but still… I am that guy who feels a certain amount of energy from our garden and other gardens . Like meditation , it is deeply personal but it gives me a certain peace . I am convinced that you have that connection with your garden as well. 
  Lovely pictures of your garden . As always , thank you for sharing with the rest of us. Not that I need validation or anything , but at least I’m not the only one who “ communicates “ with nature. Harry

It's a rare ability to be able to "listen" to your garden with more than ears and eyes. There is a feel to it that is its own thing, almost like you can feel the entire "wood wide web" and your place in it. And the more you do for the garden, the more integrated you are into the symbiosis of that garden; it comes to need and love you same as you it, just not in such a direct, aware way.  I too am glad that others can feel that connection, it's powerful and gives perspective on our place in the world and our purpose.  Even the native plants and animals here seem to know that they have their space that's just for them, and I have my spot that's mine, and they mostly behave lol. Nothing better in life than feeling that connection 

8 hours ago, happypalms said:

You learn to know you’re garden, and  you’re garden knows who you are!

wonderful, Richard🤗

You sound like a fellow gardening friend of mine he said when you cut down a tree in the garden the rest of the trees mourn!!!

20 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

It’s interesting , we were just rewatching a program from years ago “ The Power of Myth” with Joseph Campbell. He was talking about levels of consciousness. He gave an example of a vine that was growing up a Cocconut Palm and how the vine would open these huge leaves only on the sun side of the trunk it was attached to. The plant had a level of consciousness to know where the sun is , not the level we know as humans , but still… I am that guy who feels a certain amount of energy from our garden and other gardens . Like meditation , it is deeply personal but it gives me a certain peace . I am convinced that you have that connection with your garden as well. 
  Lovely pictures of your garden . As always , thank you for sharing with the rest of us. Not that I need validation or anything , but at least I’m not the only one who “ communicates “ with nature. Harry

Plants feel your energy, you cut them and they feel it. 
A true gardener grows with his garden, it tells you where to plant new plants, a garden is a true biosphere created by the gardener. Plants know who we are they are grooming us knowing one day they will get the chance to eat us. So the next time you look at your garden just so you know that garden has other plans for us as we all know dust to dust ashes to ashes make good fertiliser! I think like a plant when in my garden, you water your plants and you can see a certain vibrational energy. I bring a new plant home and say to that plant welcome to your new home, then say to garden say hello to your new friend. It’s not crazy it’s being in tune with Mother Nature!

Richard 

16 hours ago, flplantguy said:

It's a rare ability to be able to "listen" to your garden with more than ears and eyes. There is a feel to it that is its own thing, almost like you can feel the entire "wood wide web" and your place in it. And the more you do for the garden, the more integrated you are into the symbiosis of that garden; it comes to need and love you same as you it, just not in such a direct, aware way.  I too am glad that others can feel that connection, it's powerful and gives perspective on our place in the world and our purpose.  Even the native plants and animals here seem to know that they have their space that's just for them, and I have my spot that's mine, and they mostly behave lol. Nothing better in life than feeling that connection 

You learn to know your garden after a lot of years. The symbiotic relationship is a natural feeling. You create a unique animal habitat in your garden, after all we are an animal. In time your garden gets depth, a true gardener never stops planting and changing their garden. You even get familiar with the animals live in and around your garden. All you have to do is just look into the space you have created then you see the answers to gardening! 

11 hours ago, 96720 said:

You sound like a fellow gardening friend of mine he said when you cut down a tree in the garden the rest of the trees mourn!!!

Yep that’s the one, they feel pain! 

16 hours ago, Mazat said:

wonderful, Richard🤗

Even a small balcony garden, it talks to you! 

Well , yesterday I spent the day working on a section that had been cleared by my wife . There was a fern that I had planted that was taking a bit too much space and crowding a few other plants . A large Rhapis palm had to be trimmed back so we could get to the water valve . I spent a lot of time finishing up the work she started and spreading fresh mulch (wood chips) . The trunk of our large Archontophoenix Alexandrea is now fully visible and I could feel the sigh of relief coming from the garden . With fresh mulch , a bit of trimming , and time consuming cleaning of the beach pebbles ( while sweating my arse off!) things are back in order. Harry

Our little beach pebbles river was so full of debris from all the wind we had this year , it took over an hour on my hands and knees to pick the bits out and rearrange the stones. I just love the bottle shape of the Alexandrea trunk now that the encroaching fern has been cut back.

The large Rhapis is now trimmed and not taking over the side walk. The container holds the garden hose. This courtyard gets very warm in the afternoon and yesterday was no exception! Harry

17 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Well , yesterday I spent the day working on a section that had been cleared by my wife . There was a fern that I had planted that was taking a bit too much space and crowding a few other plants . A large Rhapis palm had to be trimmed back so we could get to the water valve . I spent a lot of time finishing up the work she started and spreading fresh mulch (wood chips) . The trunk of our large Archontophoenix Alexandrea is now fully visible and I could feel the sigh of relief coming from the garden . With fresh mulch , a bit of trimming , and time consuming cleaning of the beach pebbles ( while sweating my arse off!) things are back in order. Harry

Our little beach pebbles river was so full of debris from all the wind we had this year , it took over an hour on my hands and knees to pick the bits out and rearrange the stones. I just love the bottle shape of the Alexandrea trunk now that the encroaching fern has been cut back.

The large Rhapis is now trimmed and not taking over the side walk. The container holds the garden hose. This courtyard gets very warm in the afternoon and yesterday was no exception! Harry

And all along you thought the wife had instructed you to clean up that part of the garden, not so it was the garden itself saying you need to clean up this mess I can’t grow like this with all this untidy clutter! But all in all a dam pretty good job done, very rewarding when you walk back through there now I bet! But I do see room for a row of chamaedorea adscendens in there alongside that pebble river ? 
Richard 

@happypalms unfortunately it gets way too much sun there. Even the Radicalis look a bit stressed when they grow there. I tried to talk my wife into a couple of Wodyetia , but no go. They would thrive in that area!  Harry

4 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

@happypalms unfortunately it gets way too much sun there. Even the Radicalis look a bit stressed when they grow there. I tried to talk my wife into a couple of Wodyetia , but no go. They would thrive in that area!  Harry

Perhaps a nice small Zamia Fischeri  row would look better, giving that fern like look and very easy to maintain. And you do realise that wife is always correct I assume, no foxtail means no foxtail! 
Richard 

You got it right Richard! I will look into that suggestion . We have a large Zamia Furfuracea out front but it is very different than what you are talking about. Harry

3 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

You got it right Richard! I will look into that suggestion . We have a large Zamia Furfuracea out front but it is very different than what you are talking about. Harry

There’s a few small Zamia species getting around, furfaracea can get a bit big, actually Stangeria eriopsis would fit well in there. If not some gazzanias or gerbera flowers if it’s a hot sunny spot, plus the wife will love you for it. If watering is a situation then a plant called pig face a great ground cover with fantastic flowers. 
Richard