I went up to Byrdcliffe the weekend of August 17th to see how my installation "Sheltered Garden" was doing and to do some maintenance. The weeds have really taken over the hillside including some poison ivy I found out a little to late.

The chamomile did not take, but considering this was planted from seed in June, it's not that surprising.

I added some grass to the dirt side to see if anything will stick. The nasturtium and moon flower are growing, and are slowly climbing up the sides. They are even blooming. A man-made garden requires so much control, weekly weeding, watering, pruning etc.... while nature will trump you plans if you don't adhere to a strict schedule of control. But that's what you sometimes have to let nature do...

I'll be checking in again in September when we have our artist talk, Sept. 21.