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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Working at Little Prince of Oregon—a Wholesale Plant Nursery
The author reflects on her transition to a full-time role at a wholesale plant nursery, expressing initial disbelief due to past employment struggles. She embraces new responsibilities despite health challenges and a shift away from a familiar working environment. The experience is marked by personal growth, and cultural connections.
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Volunteering to Pack Seeds for the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) Seed Exchange
Months ago, while visiting Baldassare for his Garden Conservancy Open Day, I flipped through the surplus North American Rock Garden Society seeds that the Siskiyou Chapter had left. At that time, I wasn’t really propagating with many seeds and I felt sad. I missed the good old days when I could barely stand, had no…
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