She created focal points with recovered wooden stumps. And little springs of wild grasses with usual seed heads nodded between larger plants.
The front yard's main motif was aquatic - a fish!
To the one side was a collection of different coral bells.
There were many plants in flower, including (right) a gentian that Ollie declared was an amazing true blue! The side of house was Margaret's prairie garden with saskatoons, currants, milkweed, and a native grass (below) that Erica remembers calling "mascara grass" as a kid.
The backyard was a combination of a flowers and edibles and a haven for insects and natural life. 
(Below) Bees happily foraged, a yellow spider hid among golden blooms, and wasps were welcomed - as carnivores to eat any hand-squished cabbage worms.
When the sun started to go low, we headed inside for our meeting. Over plates of treats, we reviewed articles on monarch butterfly migration, bee hotels, and the "pretty pain" also known as Himalayan balsam.
Margaret also shared her garden bounty - cucumbers yum! 
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