Resurrection: refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologicallly dead. The act of rising from the dead. A rising again, as from decay, disuse, etc.; revival.
It’s March 1, 2011. It’s been almost a year since my last post, so I see this as a resurrection. I was on maternity leave from March to July. My return back to work in July was a busy one. It wasn’t until around late 2010 that we got working again on this garden. So, I consider the garden itself a resurrection….a revival. There have been some major changes….again. And they are good. Here’s what has happened:
Late 2010 - We were moving forward with the new design of the ICU garden and the rest of the garden. We had met with Austin Energy and had worked out plans to rework the access drive and utilize some grass paving and really fence off the area around the transformers/vents. We had our new design and fundraising commenced. Then we waited. . .
We weren’t approved at that point for site development permit, so we sat tight. Eight months went by (not sure how that happened, well, I was gone for four of them). We had a few meetings and fundraising events. Then in November, we got our contracts in place, and were approved to move forward with the permitting. We got a site survey and prepared ourselves for the work. We prepared two more design plans based on some functional comments.
Fast forward to today. We now have another new plan, but a great one. We knew that we would have to phase the garden because we were fundraising for our construction costs. Seton decided that it would be best to concentrate first on the bulk of the garden. So, we added a door down the hall from the ICU and redesigned the garden for this new entry. And, it’s amazing. There’s a new trellis design, two relaxing water features, some nice textual stone paving, the Prelude sculpture (yes, still in the garden plan!) and lots of nice, lush landscaping. It’s going to be a wonderful garden space for the ICU visitors, hospital visitors and staff as well. We want to get this built!
Graphic by TBG Partners
So, it’s the resurrection of our garden. Kind of fitting since Easter is next month, if you are one of faith. Sometimes it takes this many steps to get it right. It reminds me of my daughter learning how to walk. It’s all stumbles and falls and cries at first, but she gets better. And she always keeps trying until she gets there. She’s probably going to be walking in a month…just in time for her first birthday. And, I bet we’re going to be going to the City for our permitting in the next month. And construction following in 2011 after that. It’s time to rise… Let’s get walking.
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