If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are. The land you live on, the ground beneath your feet, the trees in your yard, the garden you tend — these are not merely scenery; they are your life. To live without a home in the world is to be diminished, to lose the ground of one’s being. To make a home is to make peace with a place, to learn its ways, to be patient with its seasons, and to live in gratitude for its gifts.

Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace

A peaceful garden scene at sunset featuring a large tree, a stone fountain, and colorful flowers, with a bench in the foreground.
A lush garden with a small pond, surrounded by green plants, trees, and rocks.
Winding concrete pathway through a green lawn with trees on both sides, leading to a large stone mansion in the background on a sunny day.
Close-up of a tiered stone fountain with water bubbling at the top, water dripping from the edges, surrounded by greenery and brick pavement.
A large, ornate stone or terracotta planter with carved faces decorating its sides, filled with green leafy plants and white flowering plants. The planter is placed outdoors on a stone surface near steps leading up to a building with a dark door.
Backyard featuring a small rectangular pool surrounded by stone tiles, red Adirondack chairs, a fire pit with visible flames, lush green plants, yellow flowers, and a dense forest background.
A backyard with a swimming pool, white lounge chairs, a wooden pergola, a green lawn, flower beds along the edge, a garden gate, and a house side with a porch, under a clear blue sky.
A white house with a metal roof, surrounded by lush greenery, with a curving stone pathway leading up to it on a sunny day.
A lush green backyard garden with a well-maintained lawn, flower beds along a fence, and tall trees in the background, on a sunny day.
A small classical gazebo with a gabled roof, supported by four round columns, surrounded by lush green plants and shrubs in a garden.
Wooden garden gate with an arch, surrounded by greenery and a backyard with a lawn and trees.
White staircase with balustrades leading up to a garden area, decorated with potted flowers and surrounded by lush green trees and bushes.
Outdoor patio area with white cushioned chairs and tables under a wooden pergola, surrounded by greenery and a wooden fence.
A backyard scene with a swimming pool in the foreground, a stone fire pit with a wooden structure and roof in the background, and a sunset sky with colorful orange and blue clouds.
Stone statue of a woman holding a book surrounded by green ferns and bushes in a garden.
A rust-colored decorative metal gate with a tree branch design, leading to a garden area with a paver pathway, stone wall, and lush greenery.
A peaceful garden with a stone pathway leading to a wooden bench near a lake, surrounded by trees and flowering plants.
Front view of a large white house with gray roof and stone accents, surrounded by a well-manicured lawn and landscaping, with a curved concrete driveway leading to the front porch.