Welcome to my little piece of heaven . Come and stroll with me inside my gardens of peace and joy. Catch a butterfly or just relax and enjoy. My flower passion was conceived by a tiny blade of purple iris. For it came from my great grandmother Amanda, which is also my daughters name *grin*. Amanda means worthy of love and that she sure was. While growing up my mother always wished that this small start from my great grandmother would bloom and flourish. But alas, we lived in a shady yard so it just existed but never doubled in size and never bared a blossom. As I grew more and thought of sentimental things in my life this iris came to mind, so I dug it up and placed it in my sunny yard. Where to my amazement and wondrous joy has bloomed & grown hundreds of times its size. Every friend I know now has their own Amanda Iris. And oh the joy that brings to my face.