Days of Our Lives

Looks lovely on the trellis

It was the first time I ever set eyes on jasmine. The scent filled me with motivation to bury my hands in the earth and create a splotch of flora and harmonious hue combo that Allah has created.

The Sunday school wanted to create a garden, thus involving the kids in a hands-on activity, which I think is a great idea, mashaallah. I offered to help purchase the flowers and so on Saturday morning, we went to Lowe’s and while hubby and the kids hopped on to Kohl’s to see if they were any good sales, S and I browsed the garden aisles of the Garden Center looking for lilies, jasmine, and roses. I didn’t even know what jasmine looked like, so I asked around. Subhanallah…I’m glad I offered to help purchase the flowers.

I had told hubby, before he dropped us off,

“Park close by, because we’ll get the flowers and then walk to Kohl’s to join you all.”

Asiatic Lilies -bright orange hues

Well, let’s just say that S and I went gaga over the beautiful colors of the flowers, particularly the roses and lilies. As it is with women, we, or maybe I, couldn’t decide which colors to pick. I loved the pastel, but the bright orange hue was so captivating too.

In the end, we managed to fill our carts (note the ’s’) with the flowers, and hubby and the rest of the kids made their way to us instead of the other way around. There were no good sales at Kohl’s.

That afternoon, after Asr, the mothers and kids gathered at the masjid and the transplanting began. Beforehand, hubby had asked two brothers to prepare the plot, which they did rather generoulsy mashaalah, even using organic garden soil.

Pastel Asiatic Lilies

The girls played around with the other girls (their new friends) while we transplanted the flowers. They were not too keen on gardening. It was the younger kids who were more into digging their bare hands in the soil. And when it came time to water, those little kiddies almost about drowned those annuals!

But the end result, mashaallah, was fabulous!

Honeysuckle

I love the color combo of these daisies. Subhanallah!

Jannah is a collection of gardens. Gardens delight humans, and Jannah is eternal delight. Subhanallah!

I’m reading up on indoor and tabletop gardens. As for the masjid, next up is a vegetable garden! Inshaallah!