Wendy Harper/MDN A section of the garden in Michelle Schoenberg’s backyard in Minot displays a variety of plants among the rockwork.

After losing her home to the devastating 2011 flood, Michelle Schoenberg found healing in an unexpected place – the soil.

Schoenberg, a veterinarian at Pinkerton Animal Hospital, relocated in 2012 and began transforming her new property into a lush, peaceful garden retreat. Spread across nearly six acres of former pastureland, the property now blooms with a vibrant mix of annuals and perennials, complete with water features, tree swings and fruit-bearing plants.

“It was a blessing in disguise,” Schoenberg said of the flood that forced her to move. It took her a lot of work and many years to get to the point she is at now but it gave her the opportunity to

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