Ergo... Pergo

Michael McConkey of Edible Landscaping shared this photo of his kitten, Pergo, in the 'Provence' lavender. He wrote, "She's about one year old in this pic. She wasn't destined to live long. She was very small. She had a breathing problem and had surgery, even made the 'cat of the month' in Crozet, VA, with one of the local vets. But she didn't live long."

Guardian of the Garden

Main Street Landscape of Haymarket, VA, posted this lovely photo to their Twitter feed recently. Main Street Landscape wrote, "Caught a picture of a pretty cat blending in with our fieldstone wall and planting installation in Leesburg, VA."  

Jennifer Lewis, Landscape Designer/Project Manager of Main Street Landscape, Inc. said, "The picture is of fieldstone walls and plantings that Main Street did, one of my designs and installations. I’ve been working with this client for years. The cat does not actually belong to my client but rather to her next door neighbor.  The cat’s name is Frankie and he is part Maine Coon. He’s beautiful as you can tell from the picture. My client calls him the ‘Guardian of the Garden’. He lives outside all year round. The neighbor just has a bed in the garage for him. So my client made a nice bed for him on her front porch, a blanket-lined basket and that’s where he sleeps. He basically spends most of his time at my client’s house where he gets lots of attention as well as some leftover fish and chicken."

A Meow with Wow

This is Meowser. Jeroen Koeman of EcoTulips in Brightwood, VA, said: "Today, exact a year ago this guy showed up at our screen door, never thought I was a 'cat' person, but I have to say I really like him! He's a love bug."

Milo and Friends

Milo is the garden cat of Taffy Turner in Silver Spring, MD. He is 15 years old, but does not act a day over 5. Taffy says, "Milo is my garden helper as he is always out in the garden with me and follows me around as I work." His home garden is also filled with many cat icons to keep him company when Taffy is busy elsewhere.

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Bury Your Troubles

Another Pinterest share that was separated the photo from its original source long ago and kept getting passed along with no link or information. I found it on an unrelated garden quote website, but after searching for several hours and trying to decipher the signature on the bottom left, I think I located the source as Layla Morgan Wilde of Cat Wisdom 101. Happy Caturday!

A Roll in the Hay

Matthew Cuba (@MattintheGarden on Twitter) sent photos of his barn cat, Princess. He wrote: "The name fits. She's probably the friendliest cat we've ever had and was a rescue that we got from a no-kill shelter out in Orange, VA. She is around 5 years old now"

"She and her fellow barn cats do an admirable job of keeping birds from nesting in the barn (and messing on everything in the barn) and in keeping the mouse and rat population in check."

"One picture (above) is Princess doing what she does best: supervising my activities in the garden.  On that day, she was doing quality control on the straw I was spreading.  I think she approved."

"The other is a shot (below) of Princess attempting to evict some bluebirds from one of the birdhouses.  Fortunately for the birds she couldn't quite reach them due to the position of the entrance.  I snapped the shot and then shooed her away so the adult birds could get back to the the nest."

 

 

Garden Tour Guide

 

 This pretty kitty welcomed everyone to her owner's Open Garden as part of the Takoma Hort Club spring garden tour series in Takoma Park, MD. She is so proud of all the hard work and is eager to show off the new plantings. "Step right this way," she beckons.