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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The Living Stones (Lithops) are Moving Indoors for Winter with the Graptopetalum
Like many other gardeners, I love my succulents. Not sure yet what kind of winter we’ll be having so I’m beginning to pull in the plants I want to keep for next season. For the first time, I grew some Lithops this year. (I guess I should add that I purchased these at a nursery…
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Ode to the Japanese Maple in the Back Garden during Autumn
When the house was first purchased, not long after my Wasband and I married in April of 2004, my mother purchased this weeping Japanese Maple for us from a nursery out in Clackamas County. If you know anything about the nursery trade in Oregon, there are certain plants or trees which are raised like puppies…
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