The Reticent Gardener
The garden is both setting and teacher. These essays wander through herbs and houseplants, moments of wonder and failure, and the ways tending plants mirrors tending the self. Curious, imperfect, and always learning—just like the garden itself.
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3:00 a.m. | Part Two: The Flower Shop (opens the original)
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3:00 a.m. | Part One: Iris (opens the original)
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Field Notes from the Garden, No. 2 (opens the original)
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