“I am intrigued by writers who garden and by gardeners who write. The pen and the trowel are not interchangeable, but seem often linked.”...

"In summer, we work hard to make a tidy garden, bordered by pansies with rows or clumps of columbine, petunias, bleeding hearts. Then we...

I've been angry at my garden this summer. Hot, humid weather, weeds, perfectionism and overwhelm have led to resentment, resistance and...

I'm a reluctant gardener. Sometimes I get cranky at the work it requires. But once I get outside and start noticing what I'm seeing, what...

"Become a gardener with an emphasis on wonder and play." - Bill Plotkin, Nature and the Human Soul The garden is always a great teacher...