This is a true story about finding something special in life.For me it was a garden,though it could relate to anything special,any dream and if your determined enough you will always find what your looking for,as hidden as it may be!
On each side lay a 10 by 10 foot bed now revealing new plants such as irises, daffodils, tulips, snowdrops,Scilla, crocuses and tiger lilies. A small acer tree sat on the side just above the patio severely damaged. We trimmed off the dead branches bringing it back to how it should look. It was a lovely little maple that had been cut down numerous times but this little maple refused to die just as miraculously as everything else in this seemingly enchanted garden did.
Surprise after surprise all the way to the end of the garden we found beds and borders, flowers and shrubs. The garden was coming alive, birds chirping,flowers blooming and beauty revealing itself everywhere.
2 months had passed and we finally had it done, the weeds pulled, the ground worked,the trees pruned,the flowers replanted and deadheaded, even the brush cleared. It is very easy to say that we had gotten to know the garden like an old friend who had always been there.
On that last day we stood there for along time holding hands and looking at our accomplishment. The garden that once was had been brought back once again to its full grandeur. We both imagined the amount of time and love the original owner/creator had actually put into the garden which undoubtedly gave us all the more pleasure to have it back to its original state, adding a piece of ourselves to it as well.
As the months went by its beauty flourished, growing in strength and beauty as each day passed. We couldn’t wait for the spring to see the gardens new delights, however; just before the spring came we made a serious decision to move back to Canada. Leaving our garden behind we could only hope that the next tenants would treat it with the respect and care it deserved as we had done.
There is saying in Forest Gump that life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get and in some ways this is true, however; now a days there are legends and through pure determination if you seek it out, you will find what you are looking for! I had found my caramel center in that garden.
It has now been five years since we discovered the hidden secrets of that garden, which spiritually,mentally and emotionally lead to something so much more and we still find ourselves talking about and wondering how our old friend is doing, our secret garden.
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Copyright © 2009 Tanya Kime-Wallace
wow! I love this article, Tanya. Nice images, too you look so pretty in that picture 
I am also delighted with your lovely story and really you dreamed it and turned it into reality like a mother!!
Love your gentle and sweet care about your garden, also your beautiful pic! Thanks for sharing Tanya!
Take care
Wonderful story! This reminds me of a beautiful movie with the same title “The Secret Garden” and it’s setting is also in England… Thanks for sharing
Very nice story you’ve written! You’re very lucky to have such a wonderful garden, or shall a I say, a forest. 
nice one. like it!
Ohh Tan! I am so glad you shared your ’secret garden’ with us. No more secrets . You look so beautiful in that pic hun. God bless.
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