My grandparents, who have divorced and remarried, always had a garden when my dad was growing up. Both of my grandparents and my dad remembered these times during our interviews. They had a farm and a peach orchard, “so it just seemed logical to have a garden too,” explained my grandma, “We really could sit […]
Hi! I’m Nick. I started collecting plants to fill a void left by the loss of family. One plant, over the course of two years, has turned into a collection of 160+ houseplants. They gave me something to pour into and even led to me starting a business. I found a sense of community on […]
The Garden Path: Green, Growing, and Blooming Project Journal Assisted Living Facility #1, Sevierville, TN The Garden Path ~ Green, Growing, and Blooming Project emerged as a tangible remembered connection and, consequently, a pathway to engagement,following my mother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, a connection enlarging her narrowing view of her world. She had been an inveterate […]