Senseless Acts of Beauty

Diving by our county's branch of Asheville's AB Tech -- a fine community college -- my eye was caught by the magnificent display of flowers planted at the entrance and I remembered a few years back, seeing Dr. Connie Buckner, the director of this facility, dressed in jeans and out digging in the dirt.

Her efforts have been richly rewarded! What could easily have been a generic planting of low maintenance shrubbery surrounded by mulch and a litter of cigarette butts is instead a garden of breathtaking exuberance.

Hybrid day lilies, liatris, gladioli, purple cone flowers, black-eyed susans, rosemary, and a lavender plant that seems to be on steroids are the main features of this lovely spot.

The injunction to 'practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty' comes to mind.
It's probably not in their job description but the folks at the Madison County branch of AB Tech have done just that in creating this stunning garden.

Many thanks to Dr. Buckner and her horticultural cohorts -- Virginia Norton, Jerome Moriarty, and Sherri Davis for this amazing display!