What the...?

About a month ago I was asked to design the entrance gardens for the Heritage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich, Ma. The woman who was sponsoring the work had seen some of my work on a house tour and asked for me specifically. I visited the site March 19th, did a first set of design sketches based, I thought, on the the general themes she spoke of, and sent them on April 3rd. It is the 40th anniversary of the Museum, and here guidelines were to do something that both referred to the past and looked to the future. Fairly broad. I chose to work with the image of the central iconic structure of the place, and make spaces that could be changed over the course of the season. Something she mentioned in passing. I did not hear anything until today. No comments, no questions. Today I was informed that she was looking elsewhere. A strange response, I thought, to one set of design sketches. Not a final design; essentially an initial thought on paper. I thought it a good idea, but if she wanted something very different, perhaps they would have best served to help her focus her specifications. I could have done something else with more information. I am hoping for some clarification. jc