I live in a rural, heavily wooded area. There was no lawn to speak of and over-grown bushes and weeds up to the door. The first thing I did was to mow it all down and create a lawn and a new perennial garden. It was what I was used to, growing up in suburbia, and felt like the right thing to do. But ever since doing that, I have regretted it. While I love my garden and it gives me lots of joy, I wish I had retained some of the wildness here on my wooded lot. So now my mission is to reclaim a portion of my lot to create a woodland garden with native plants. I’m very excited about this…it’ll be a first for me in my 40+ years of gardening.