Snow enhances the beauty of these live works of art, shaped for many years at our nursery and care for in our clients’ gardens by Hanselman Landscape’s dedicated tree sculptors.
Gladly shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& garden art aficionado)
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December,
A magical thing,
And sweet to remember:
“We are nearer to spring
Than we were in September.”
~Oliver Herford (Anglo-American author, illustrator, and poet; 1860 – 1935)
This autumn was a busy season for the Hanselman Garden “Gift Delivery Service”, as our team dug, packaged and arranged for the delivery of living gifts (specifically Japanese Pines and Maples) to client gardens within our county and to locations in and around New York City.
If you are considering adding beauty and value to your garden, wishing to honor a loved one, or simply desire to give a living gift to someone dear that will be enjoyed for years to come, please stop by our website to view our specialty plants: https://www.hanselmanlandscape.com/nursery/ or call us to arrange a visit: 717-653-1273. Since we do not operate a retail nursery, we request that you kindly call or use our webpage “Schedule a Visit” prompt to arrange a tour.
Joyfully shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& delighted “Gifts of Green” recipient)
December is here — one of those mild cheery days, however, when you can hardly realise that the boughs are indeed bare, and the beds flowerless, and the Spring birds far away; — one of those days which tempt you out into the garden, to saunter and loiter there, and look at the patches that will be snowdrops soon, and to think longingly of leaves where you had before naturally . . . acquiesced in the canopy of bare boughs . . . .”
~John Richard Vernon (British minister; 1833 – 1902) from The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: Leisure Thoughts for Busy Lives
“In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness,” states the Harvard Mental Health Letter for November, 2011. The letter continues, “Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.”
Beginning each day with a thankful attitude and a determination to seek out moment-by-moment blessings is a far more pleasant way to go through life, for both the thankful person and those around them. The Harvard newsletter asserts, “expressing thanks may be one of the simplest ways to feel better” and suggests practical ways to turn thanksgiving into daily “thanks-living”:
I hope you enjoy a few of the grace gifts I’ve shared here in photo form!
Gladly shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (daily “grace gift” seeker)
“It was a wonderful November. We have had half a dozen such in a century. Thanksgiving Day was set in the very middle of Indian summer, and as for Indian summer it was like a great golden sunset. The leaves were not yet all off the apple trees, and the dandelions had come up to see what it was all about, and they made the ground golden where the maple grove kept off the west wind. The world seemed half inclined to skip winter for once, and to call up the hyacinths and waken the lilacs to blossom. And a big bunch of witch hazel bushes were blooming, as if they had forgotten themselves and lost track of the season. Truly one could not hold his happiness.”
~Edward Payson Powell (American author, journalist, and minister; 1833 – 1915)
Shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& giving thanks daily)