privet with a bow on top

today is my birthday and here is the best present a girl with a new obsession with gardening/landscaping could receive: privets!

although i tom and i do our own landscaping and yard work, what would have taken us at least a week and a half to complete - 45 holes to dig between work and childrens' schedules- has been finished in a few hours with the help of a landscaper, sergio.

i feel very grateful today! i have health, family, friends, and a special home.

Privet Stalking

We are headed back to the Vineyard this weekend with our good friends who are visiting from San Diego. When we were there last I did a lot of landscape stalking. We are planning to plant a privet (green hedge) along our fenceline and I got really inspired by the privets of Edgartown. Although these are not year-round privacy screens, they are so classic and beautiful.

Have a great weekend!