Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture
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Preparing to appear in a garden book…
In early 2023, Ann accepted an invite from friend Doreen Wynja to be included in a book about passionate gardeners. Reflecting on personal struggles, including a non-traditional marriage and health challenges, the author embraced the opportunity to share her journey while finding support in chosen family and community. Gardening served as a grounding force throughout…
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Wordless Wednesday: Welcome to Spring 2013
Camellia ‘Bob Hope’. Sedum obtusatum boreale. Sedum spathulifolium ‘Cape Blanco’. Sedum cockerelli grown from seed. Helleborus. Stinking Hellebore, Helleborus foetidus. Mukdenia rossii. Camellia ‘Black Magic’. Japanese Spurge, Pachysandra terminalis. Yellow Stream Violet, Viola glabella. Spurge ‘Blackbird’, Euphorbia ‘Blackbird’. Helleborus. Helleborus with Ranunculus ‘Brazen Hussy’. Aquilegia with Clematis heracleifolia. Sulphur Heart Persian Ivy, Hedera colchica ‘Sulpher…
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Terra firma in springtime…
A Phalaenopsis orchid given to me as a gift last Christmas (2011) has finally re-bloomed. Like the above orchid, I’m currently in the process of re-blooming too. It seriously took my being able to accept that I had to simply shut my own eyes, let go (trusting that I would be caught by something), and…
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