Nurturing Nature

“Wherever I go in America, I like it when the land speaks its own language in its own regional accent.”
— Lady Bird Johnson

Happy Monday,

This morning, I woke to leaves beginning to turn outside my window and a glorious sprinkling of snow up in the high country. What a beautiful start to the week.

Today’s quote feels especially fitting for the video I’m sharing with you: a walking tour I recently took through Denver Dry Garden, a beautiful home garden of native and drought tolerant plants. Heidi Harris is the gardener and curator behind this amazing garden.

As our climate grows drier, learning to love plants suited to our unique environments feels like a wise and beautiful choice. The tour filled both my heart and my head with ideas. Ed’s too, as he was my cameraman for the day.

Lady Bird Johnson’s words also sent me looking into her life. As First Lady from 1963 to 1969, she championed wildflowers, native plants, and conservation. She helped bring attention to the beauty of our public spaces and to the need to care for them.

Her work supported the 1965 Highway Beautification Act, known as “Lady Bird’s Bill,” which limited billboards and junkyards along interstate highways. She even received a Peabody Award for a television program about making America more beautiful.

Every little bit we do to nurture nature matters, both for the joy we find in it today and for the generations who will come after us.

I’m hoping for much more snow in the high country to help ease our drought. In the meantime, Heidi’s garden reminded me that less can be more: less thirsty lawns, less water, and more room for the natural beauty of plants that belong here.

Here’s to welcoming October this week and enjoying the beauty of the season.

Plant often and with Love!

Cheri 💚

Cheri Ruskus

Author and Founder of Grow You Girl

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