While decorating this week, I kept thinking about the kind of gardening I want to celebrate—slower, more intentional, and focused on making things rather than buying.
The gardening world has grown loud with its constant selling, subscriptions, and metrics that have nothing to do with creativity.
I believe there’s another way: slower, truer, more handmade. A way of gardening that feels closer to the Arts and Crafts spirit—where beauty comes from care, creativity, and using what we have well.
The "art" of gardening.
So here's some photos of the simple ways I’m bringing the winter and holiday seasons to life. I hope they inspire you to try a few things of your own.
Cheers from Rabbit Run, Sue
My Winter patio filled with foraged branches, berries, and pine cones
Star made from backyard branches
Star ornament made from foraged wild grape vines
Patio table with moss bowl, foraged juniper branches and grasses.
Harvesting moss from the maple in our Rabbit Run backyard
Twisting foraged grape vines from Sugar Hill into wreaths
Property at Sugar Hill (build site in the distance)
Moss bowl on the patio at Rabbit Run
In the woodland at Sugar Hill harvesting native grape vines
Small Christmas tree from foraged Sugar Hill juniper
Concrete forms at the build site on Sugar Hill (November 2025)
Selfie (Sue Libertiny) with the Mighty Oak in the background Wishing you a happy holiday season.
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