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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Wordless Wednesday: Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt
Argemone grown from seed. Alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca)—also grown from seed. Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa). Yes, this one is an old seedling of mine too. Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) snag left in a garden setting. (Just to throw you off the scent of my trail.) Nigella seed heads: the circle of life begins again.
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A Dream Garden: When I first met mine…
Antiquo jardín del Alcázar de Sevilla (Joaquín Sorolla), 1908. Writers, dreamers, poets and artists have thought long and hard about gardens for centuries—and so have the more religious and practical among us. At least I imagine they have because I’ve studied such things, but I’m far from certain. So often nowadays I find that these real…
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