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Your backyard can be more than you think.
Through gardening, you can grow food, create beauty, and support nature all while building a space in your yard that truly restores and calms you. This is your go-to hub for guidance, encouragement, trusted resources, and content to inspire your own garden journey.
Start where you are. Grow from there.
Grow more than food!
A quiet morning or an evening after work with hands in the soil. Fresh herbs brightening your meals. a backyard alive with butterflies, bees, birdsong, and beneficial insects. Children (or grandkids) who know where food comes from. A beautiful space to escape to on an ordinary Tuesday that feels restorative and sacred. A garden that feeds no just your table, but your whole self.
Gardening for the body, mind, and soul.
Behind the blog and garden
Hi, I’m Michelle,
For most of my life, I poured into everything and everyone else leaving little space to breathe let alone heal. Then at age 48, I planted my first seed. What happened in that garden changed everything.
As a registered nurse (RN, BSN) I understand at the biologic level what gardening does for our nervous system, our stress response, and our sense of connection to the natural world.
I know what it feels like to need a place to breathe. Gardening gave that to me, and I created this space to help you find it too through practical tips, honest product recommendations, garden tours of my garden (and others), and quiet reflections that connect you to nature and the Creator.
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17 Top Gifts for Gardeners
Looking for the best gifts for gardeners? Whether shopping for a friend, family member, or yourself, these 17 garden-inspired gifts combine…
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How We Upgraded Our Wooden Raised Beds to Durable Birdies Raised Beds
Switching to Birdies Raised Metal Garden Beds Our untreated pine garden beds lasted about three and a half years before…
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October Garden Book Club: Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell
If you’ve ever been charmed by Beatrix Potter’s stories, from Peter Rabbit to Jemima Puddle-Duck, this book offers a beautiful…
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September Garden Book Club: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
Book Overview This September, our Garden Book Club explores Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. I’m thrilled to read this…
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August Garden Book Club Pick: Night Magic by Leigh Ann Henion.
Book Overview The book for August is Night Magic: Adventures among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark…
