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.

  • Growing On

    Japanese maple (Acer japonica) in my backyard. I’m still feeling a lot like this seemingly vulnerable leaf on one of my Japanese maples, but as days have passed, and the leaves have all opened up, the leaf no longer sticks out. I’m taking this as a sign. As it lifted up its head to the…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Blooms are arriving earlier this year.

    Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica). Rosa rugosa. A Dianthus with a little friend visiting. Unknown Iris. Clematis ‘Josephine’. Clematis ‘Lincoln Star’.

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