I've passed by this garden frequently, as Charlie and I wander in the neighborhood.  I always thought it to be a messy garden but in my view a good sort of messy, with lots going on.  Charlie and I met the gardener this morning.  I didn't get her name so don't know if she might be Mary, Mary quite contrary, but we talked long enough for me to learn that she is a bit of a contrarian at least about keeping a garden.  She didn't take offense when I told her about liking her garden, for its messiness, after a moment thought, she responded that she likes to think it is natural.  

More questions for Contrary Mary and her Garden

More garden questions for Contrary Mary

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells, and cockle shells,

And pretty maids all in a row

Mary, Mary, most contrary

How will your garden grow?

With empty pots,

Composted soil wrapped in plastic

A tomato, alyssum, purple petunias and a yellow flower

Everything you may need.

It’s all there, ready on the doorstep.

What more could you wish

To make your garden flourish.

       

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells, and cockle shells,

And pretty maids all in a row

Mary, Mary most contrary

What new in your garden grows

For nurturing inquiring souls

Maybe a surgical mask or two or three

Free for plucking from the tree?