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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It’s the Unplanned, a Thing Called Life, in the Garden
“One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.” Hermann Hesse A great deal has recently grown in this garden—both intended and otherwise. Many of my new plants, sown this year from seeds sent to me in the mail only last winter, have borne great and rich…
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Volunteer Park Conservatory (Seattle): Part Five, The Bromeliad House
This—the last room on this visit we’ve been having for about a week now—is the Bromeliad House. Dischidia ‘Thailand Blush’. I am sorry I don’t know as much about these plants as I’d like to, but in my home, they are simply too difficult to care for and that always complicates things. I’d love to…
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