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: Some Final Winter Celebration Images
Epiphany ikebana. Our first King Cake was a hit. A final holiday arrangement.
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The Famous Garden Lady (from Digging Deeper: a Series of Gardening Micro-Stories)
Stilisierte Blumen vor dekorativem Hintergrund, Stilleben, 1908 (Stylized flowers before decorative background, still life) by Egon Schiele She said she wouldn’t listen to the two women unless the word Clematis was pronounced Clem-uh-tis and not Cluh-MAAA-tis. (Prescriptivist linguistics do not belong in gardening conversations thought the younger woman. Gardeners—by their very nature—should always be descriptivists, but…
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