The Joy of a Sanctuary

The Joy of a Sanctuary – We all need a place to retreat to, on our own, to calm and restore

Seek Beauty Create Joy, Living Joyfully, Spreading Kindness + Joy, The Art of Creating JoyBeverly Ash GilbertOctober 2, 2025Sanctuary, create sanctuary, living joyfully, spending time outdoors, seek beauty, create joy

Come Into My Garden

Whatever medium you dip your brush into, allow the Color Goddess inside you to play! Turning an empty palette into colorful gardens

Come into my Garden, Home and Garden Tour, Using Color, Mastering Color, Celebrate Colors of Joy, Color Goddess inside youBeverly Ash GilbertJune 1, 2025Gardening, color palette, spending time outdoors, Color Goddess, Color Goddess Quiz

Amending the Soil

When we moved in and began digging, we soon determined that the old, tired garden soil was not only sandy, but in many areas, hydro-phobic (wouldn’t absorb water). Enter in 72 yards of compost

Spending time outdoors, Come into my Garden, Home and Garden TourBeverly Ash GilbertAugust 2, 2024Gardening, spending time outdoors, amending the soil, come into my garden, garden

An Open Canvas - creating a garden

My home and gardens are an open canvas - come walk with me through our acre of gardens waiting to happen

Spending time outdoors, Come into my Garden, Ash Family Forest, Home and Garden TourBeverly Ash GilbertJune 1, 2024living joyfully, spending time outdoors, Gardening

Adding Drip Irrigation - after the fact

Better late than never - drip irrigation inspired by the Bellevue Botanical Garden watering system

Come into my Garden, Home and Garden TourBeverly Ash GilbertAugust 2, 2023Gardening, spending time outdoors

Putting in a Water Feature

Loads upon loads of compost – I’m digging, hauling, dumping, spreading until my back and knees and hips are screaming in pain. But of course, as the days pass, I’m getting into the rhythm and all of a sudden the structure of a garden appears. Is this a pond?