Flowers at Home

How does your garden grow?

Flower arrangements at entry to Clocktower Place Apts and the entry to our building

Over the past few weeks, many bloggers have posted photos showing flowers either in their yards or seen on walks around their area. In this post, I'm reciprocating and showing flowers in and around our home locale.

When we owned homes in NJ and later VA, we always had flowers in the yard, whether potted or in the ground. It's quite different living in a mill apartment complex, which was formerly an industrial area. 

Large displays like these are seen throughout the mill apt grounds

But that doesn't mean, that there's a scarcity of blooms around  the mill apt grounds. The management company hires outside an landscape company which always installs seasonal plantings that are plentiful and colorful. The company also maintains the blooms as there’s no full-time gardeners on staff, only maintenance personnel.

A landscaping firm tend the flowers weekly

There are potted flowers near all the building entrances and exits. It's always uplifting to see these bright colors on a daily basis.

Our garden pansy arrangements were never this bountiful

There's also the benefits of not needing to care for them on a daily basis as we did when we owned a home. Instead, our homeowner friends, here and elsewhere, freely share their gardening tales, which includes mention of all the work involved. When they ask if we miss it, there's no hesitation in saying that we do not. Maybe one day, we'll reconsider our living options, but less work suits us now.

Examples of plantings in the City of Nashua, NH, downtown area

The City of Nashua has numerous seasonal plantings, both potted displays and ground displays along Main Street. Above is a sample of some that were seen on a recent walk. A future post will feature more of these blooms.