When Marcia plans a veggie garden

Chatting while visiting Ann Nichols' garden, Marcia Donahue and I got to talking about some changes that were happening in Marcia's own garden. She was excited about space she'd recently decided to give over to a veggie garden. Her daughter (who lives on the property) wanted to grow vegetables and there was really only one sunny patch, which had been occupied by Marcia's chicken coup (and I think maybe part of her artisit's studio). I listened, but the idea of a vegetable garden taking up space in Marcia Donahue's garden had me wanting to yell "Oh Hell NO!" please, no! But I didn't yell, I just listened...

Here we are in Marcia's garden. We're about to head down the pathway towards the area where the changes are underway...

I was holding my breath. Worried about what I would see, letting myself be distracted by the details (oh so very easy to do in this garden) rather than look at the big (veggie garden) picture.

Oh, what's that! (squirrel!)

A volunteer Phlebodium growing in a bowling ball finger hole, sweet!

But about that veggie garden, why was I worried?

Obviously Marcia was going to put her own very creative spin on the idea of a vegetable garden...

This is the reworked corner, and a reminder, I was there on March 29th, so the garden was very much still an idea being worked out. The actual plants were yet to come...

Who wouldn't want a rusty scaffolding for the veggies to be trained up?

And a (yet to be built) second level for other plants wanting even more sun? I wish I could have flown back down to Berkeley to take "now" photos to share with you all. I am sure it's become a phenomenal and productive vegetable garden.

Naturally the scaffolding is artistically anchored, and the stepping stones handmade.

The sides of the raised bed aren't just 2x4 lumber either...

Honestly I relished getting to see this area under construction, to see the artist working through the process of implementing a new design...

To the right of the construction area were plants and pots that appeared to be temporarily stored there. It was a fantastic mashup.

So that's my look at the new veggie garden and it's inspiring ingredients.

Believe it or not, there's still more to come before I wrap up my visit to this garden.

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