Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture

  • Origin Story of a Plantswoman: Returning to British Columbia
    Origin Story of a Plantswoman: Returning to British Columbia

    A personal journey of self-discovery and healing over several years, intertwined with family dynamics and struggles for autonomy in a patriarchal environment. Ann explores themes of identity, emotional pain, and reconciliation with their past while embracing a passion for horticulture and nature, seeking deeper connections and purpose in life.

  • Stopping to Smell the Roses

    Sometimes it is difficult to write about gardening when you are chronically unwell or injured. After suffering my third serious fall in four months, I am in this position right now. Two of the falls occurred here at home, in my own garden, and the other happened when I was walking beside a river in…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Summertime Indoor Blooms and Swallowtails of Yesteryear

    Streptocarpus ‘Spin Art’. Echeveria rosea. Saintpaulia ‘Genetic Blush’. Saintpaulia ‘Green Lace’. Saintpaulia ‘Sky Diver”. Saintpaulia. Swallowtails from a recently purchased vintage gardening book.

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