We are not alone

In my garden I am not alone…. My Mother is in my garden….. poignant reminder in a quirky pot I once bought her. She candidly confessed to me when packing up, years later, that she thought it a bit...

Shared plant – dicentra spectabilis ‘gold heart’

Gardening in the Lines shared a wonderful plant for plant Monday and I wanted to pass it on. It is dicentra spectabilis ‘gold heart’. Here’s another picture below:

Momofuku Compost Cookies

Momofuku Compost Cookies (via my baking empire) For the name alone….never mind they also sound deliciously different..oh yeah and healthy too

Messages From your Heart on this Valentine’s Day

I think it’s no co-incidence that so many flowers and leaves are Heart-shaped. Since Egyptian times, the heart has been considered the seat of the soul, that when the soul left the Heart, the body...

Versatile..what a relief!

How wonderful! …After years of confusion, thinking I am scattered/focussed; intense/frivolous; nutty/sane; intrepid/fearful; cool/excitable; blunt/subtle; honest/dishonest; imaginative;...

O! This is unexpected, finding you in my bed.

I planted a garden bed. Pretty, simple, cute. But above all, perfectly balanced in colour, foliage and spacing. Dwarf blue and white agapanthus. Deep purple heliotrope ‘cherry pie’. Angelonia in...

the meaning of life

At death, our beloved Companions take us with them for a time. Then, when they know that in the darkness we see what they taught us, suddenly they set us stunned, shocked, fragile, fearful,...

Therapeutic Gardening exercises for every Lovely little bit of you

When using a spade or shovel, change which hand is at the forefront of the implement, every so often – this will enable you to dig for longer, and we all want that, right? Plus you’ll exercise both...

Eloquent Gardens speak of Love, Mystery, Unspoken Dreams, Comfort

I find lovely - Joseph Austin’s art “Seahorse and Coral.” Hints of sea lives, languid coral with seahorse contemplation. “Lotus” Buds and indolent vines twine their way towards sunshine to recline...

Passion for Pumpkin

A week ago, I developed an intense, overwhelming desire – that would not be waylaid, no matter how I tried - to make pumpkin soup. And not just from any pumpkin. This soup had to be from a pumpkin...

Mourning in The Garden

Yesterday, I watered Avalene’s garden. I was alone there for the first time, because she died last Monday. She was 85. I feel sad that I can’t garden with her again. I always smiled in anticipation...

What are your earliest garden memories?

Before I tell you something..I wonder if you’d like to write down your earliest garden memory? Get a largish piece of paper, perhaps a hand-made paper, or something very lovely. You may even want...

Blog in Bloom

Welcome to my first foray into blogdom. As my profile suggests, this blog will be an outlet for my experiences, stories, images, ideas, reflections and findings relating to therapeutic gardening,...

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