Imperfection in the Fall Garden

Celebrating Aging and Decay in the Autumn

Autumn wins you best by this - its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.

- Robert Browning

A scarecrow sits stolidly among parsley, kale and peppers at Stonecrop garden in Cold Spring, NY

Many words have been spent on the deliciousness of decay in the fall garden. We savor the bent stalks of summer’s faded flowers, the brown walnut husks on the ground and the crunch of dry leaves as we walk. We feel the slight breeze that ripples through full grown grasses. This is the time of year when aging and imperfection are celebrated. How I love it!