The garden—it's become the focus for many of us in many ways. We not only want a garden but now we have to completely rethink about how we will have a garden. Our planet is changing very slowly and the gardens that are developed these days need to reflect those changes. We, as Master Gardeners are at the cusp of this big change. We are learning from others who have the experience, the professionals who have made it their life to know about plants and the planet and our own inquisitiveness as to how to create a garden that reflects the changes in the planet without harm to it. That's a lot. This is the first of what I hope will be many blogs regarding how we as Master Gardeners will be a part of this transition. I will let you know what we are doing out at the demonstration gardens. Those gardens will help all of us to learn and will be the conduit to the community to pass on what we learn to all of those who want to improve their skills. We'll be learning from those who visit the gardens. Ours is a fairly new organization having begun around 2008 or 2009. We have committees that include people with special skills and people that are honing the skills they may have. The gardens will show what we have learned and it's just a nice place to be. I can't wait to see what happens this spring after we just did a major pruning on the entire All Stars Garden. There is so much greenery down there at the base of the plant. But, what if we have a freeze? What if we have a hot spell? What if there's a pest that's been overwintering that we didn't notice? We will see. I look forward to passing on what's happening in the gardens and I hope it will generate more discussion to improve what we do and how we include the community through workshops, tours and just being out there when the public goes through. We love to talk about it and so does the community.