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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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day—from a Gardener Lost in the Irish-American Diaspora
The most popular post ever written on this blog is Fête de la Saint-Fiacre—and a prayer too. You likely never read it, but thousands of folks have since it was written in 2013. I wrote it for the saint’s feast day, and it was posted just a few days before I was married for the…
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Quick and Quirky Planty Book Reviews
It’s funny how the books I’ve picked for this group work together—but they do. In a funny way this group shows more about me as a plantsperson and horticulturist than many of my posts do. My garden is a laboratory… where I happen to work and play a lot. 1-Founding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf (published…
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