Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture
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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.
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A Letter to Mr Palm (My First Gardening Mentor)
Mr. & Mrs. Palm’s home and garden. Mr. Milton Palm: my childhood horticultural mentor. Dear Mr. Palm, I miss you a lot and it’s good that we can talk again like this even if you’ve been gone for many years. If you don’t know it already, I think about you a lot. The conversations we…
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My Garden (An Exercise in Garden Writing)
Back of the house as seen from the back corner of my garden. The willow arbor is floating there to the left. After having seen many residential gardens over the last few years I think it’s safe to say that mine is rather small, a regular city lot, with areas more or less here and…
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