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: Green Peeks from Sicily, Italy (Sicilia, Italia)
Tassel Hyacinth aka Muscari comosa or Leopoldia comosa. (Photo taken at Villa Romana del Casale.) Possibly date palm—let me know if you can identify it. (Photo taken at Villa Romana del Casale.) One of many Cercis siliquastrum seen blooming in Sicily in April. (Photo taken in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento at the garden wall…
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Wordless Wednesday: To Push the Garden Boundaries
Winter Loss = New Possibilities. Reviving the raised bed and kitchen garden. Some stratified seeds from this season. Awaiting the garden fence solution. Yellow Venetian glass vase. Venice on my mind. Seedlings in the basement.
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