Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, “To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.”

Our world is quickly feeling the effects of what short-term thinking and greed have done to our climate.  Our world is losing wild places. And my garden, no matter how beautiful, is not wild.  But if we alter the landscape - it’s our responsibility to participate in its healing. It’s not enough to love my wee bit of earth; I must find ways of healing it.

The insects, the birds, and the small mammals all find a refugee in my garden. I don’t use chemicals, I don't till the soil deeply and I use only natural amendments found nearby like woodchips, leaves, and seaweed. I am committed to buying local, used goods over new. And finally - I don’t buy flowers for events from far away or ship my flowers. Shipping fresh flowers is the antithesis of local, seasonal flowers! Every time we think holistically about our plant and animal community - we make tiny steps towards a better future.

I am growing flowers alongside the Salish Sea in the occupied territory of the Chimakum, Suquamish, S’Klallam, Makah, Twana, Skokomish, Umatilla and Walla Walla people, who have stewarded this land for generations.