Ann Loves Plants

Category: Philosophical Musings from the Garden

  • A Dream Garden: When I first met mine…

    Antiquo jardín del Alcázar de Sevilla (Joaquín Sorolla), 1908. Writers, dreamers, poets and artists have thought long and hard about gardens for centuries—and so have the more religious and practical among us. At least I imagine they have because I’ve studied such things, but I’m far from certain. So often nowadays I find that these real…

  • 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…