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: My Garden and Life through the Eyes of a Therapeutic Foster Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rosa “Golden Showers”. Japanese Snowbell Tree, Styrax japonicus. Pacific or Western Bleeding Heart, Dicentra formosa. Multnomah Falls. Trees in the Columbia River Gorge. Rosa rugosa. Evergreen Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum. Clematis “Josephine”. Leopard’s Bane, Doronicum orientale. Living wreath. Entrance shade garden near the street and sidewalk. Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. Me with box. Macavity—the old lady black…
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Vita Sackville-West on the Humble or Sensitive Plant
Last night I couldn’t sleep so I grabbed a book from the bedside bookcase. I’ve been reading Sackville-West’s In Your Garden Again off and on for the past few weeks and it has all kinds of things I always mean to mention here but, by the time I’ve finally fallen asleep and come to in the…
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