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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An Inspired Ornamental Vegetable Garden at Secret Garden Growers Nursery in Canby, OR
Like all good things I create, there’s always a complicated backstory. I joke about a recessive Sicilian need for baroque design in everything—but there’s a reason for that. It’s a need to hide the emotion and calculation behind the many ornate details. It’s about creating an unfolding drama—with so much love at its center. And…
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Heronswood Garden: Connecting Plants and Peoples
I think the combination of the legacy of a plant hunter/explorer/horticulturist and the rebirth of this garden, in and on the garden Dan built, can teach us a lot about our relationships with plants.
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