Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture

  • Ferns, Wild Ginger, Oxalis and more… This is Work.
    Ferns, Wild Ginger, Oxalis and more… This is Work.

    Ann reflects on her experience working in horticulture while navigating personal health challenges. She shares moments of growth within greenhouses, rekindling friendships, and the impact of past trauma on learning. Despite ongoing cognitive difficulties, she embraces self-compassion and anticipates new beginnings, focusing on gradual improvement in her skills.

  • Wordless Wednesday: Garden Tour: Westwind Farm Studio

    Cattails, (Typha). Beebalm, (Monarda). Yoga studio. Lee Kelly sculpture. Fireweed, (Chemerion). Great way to end a garden tour… Thanks again! Westwind Farm Studio

  • Fête de la Saint-Fiacre—and a prayer too

    This past weekend our gardening friends and counterparts in Ireland and France celebrated the Feast Day of St. Fiacre—the Patron Saint of gardening. Although celebrated by other Catholics in other countries, St. Fiacre was born in Ireland and lived his life in France so these two countries venerate him more than others. I was quite…

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