Planting a Garden of Healing
Gardening comes with so many mental health benefits because it can bring us closer to Earth when we feel like we might have floated away and feel lost. Some people …
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Old-Fashioned Ideas Live On in the Garden
When we're young, we often don't appreciate the wisdom of what we consider to be old-fashioned ideas. We're ready to move on to new ideas and the modern ways of …
More than Memorial Flowers
Have you ever been put in a place where you'd need to plant memorial flowers for yourself, or plant something that you may never see grow to its full maturity? …
A Sweet Hydrangea Story
Today's hydrangea story starts with a divorce, but follow it along, and you'll find a happy ending.
Divorce is never an easy thing to go through, and the emotions that come …
How Nature Heals Us
When people are feeling overwhelmed, they sometimes need to take a break in nature. I know I do. For some, this might mean going to the garden or the woods. …
Growing a Garden of Remembrance
We've talked before about having gardening friends, and what fun it is to have people who will exchange seeds and cuttings with you, but I never thought too deeply about …
2,000 Year Old Gardening Science? It Must Work
There's a lot of "science" from 2,000 years ago that we can safely ignore. Sure, we might look back and realize how far we as humans have come. And we …
When Healing Gardens Heal the Soul
When you get stories from garden lovers near and far, you undoubtedly get some spectacular stories. I'm thrilled with so many of the writers that have appeared in the three …
Saving Seeds for Generations
I once read an article that said you can start saving seeds today that will supply your children's gardens. I never used to be up for saving seeds, but one …
Saving a Neglected Garden
When my friend got ill, it was difficult for her to watch the garden die. She had worked so hard on it for a decade, and now, it was a …
