healing gardens

Saving Seeds for Generations

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  …
An Indoor Healing Garden of … Cacti?

An Indoor Healing Garden of … Cacti?

Sharp. Prickly. Spiny. These aren't usually the words I associate with an indoor healing garden. As much as I love cacti, they aren't the plants I look to first when  …
The Best Strawberry-Picking Job

The Best Strawberry-Picking Job

Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits to grow. Even though I live in the Northeast, they're one of the few perennial plants that survive over winter and one of  …
Caring for Baby Caterpillars In My Garden

Caring for Baby Caterpillars In My Garden

I love butterflies. They're like little artistic stained glass windows flitting about the flowers and vegetables. They're helpful, too. Though they aren't the pollinators that bees are, butterflies do their  …
The Garden of Lost and Found

The Garden of Lost and Found

I think most gardens could qualify as the garden of lost and found. We've all certainly "lost" a few of our favorite plants. And some of us (okay, it's me)  …
A Sweet Hydrangea Story

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  …
The Magic of Plant Empaths

The Magic of Plant Empaths

My whole life, people have tried to tell me that things seem to come easy to me, and while I disagree, maybe that's why I love gardening so much; It's  …
Color-Changing Gardens for the Soul

Color-Changing Gardens for the Soul

I like to garden because it gets me into a meditative zone without even trying. But there is so much more magic that happens in a garden. In today's story,  …
Growing a Garden of Remembrance

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  …