Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture

  • Not Just Your Average Walk in the Park: Mt Tabor
    Not Just Your Average Walk in the Park: Mt Tabor

    Ann writes about her 22 years in Southeast Portland’s Mt. Tabor Neighborhood, intertwining personal growth with her surroundings. While on a walk, she confronts past struggles related to CPTSD, and embraces self-care. Gardens and plants remain a source of joy while navigating life changes and newfound spontaneity.

  • Terra firma in springtime…

    A Phalaenopsis orchid given to me as a gift last Christmas (2011) has finally re-bloomed. Like the above orchid, I’m currently in the process of re-blooming too. It seriously took my being able to accept that I had to simply shut my own eyes, let go (trusting that I would be caught by something), and…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Walking to the Coffee Shop

    Hamamelis. Ranunculus. Crocus.  Anemone ‘Mona Lisa’. Primula ‘Belarina Pink Ice’. Cineraria ‘Jester Mix’.

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