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The Feeling of Rain in the Garden
By Cameron Graves Image Credit: Photo by kuaileqie RE on Unsplash After a long, dry summer, the return of rain feels like more than a change in the weather. It is a reminder of how quickly a garden can respond, recover and begin again. There are times when rain is something we tolerate. In Ireland, perhaps…
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What Gardens Teach Us About Time
By Cameron Graves Image Credit: Photo by Raul Popadineți on Unsplash In a world that encourages us to hurry, the garden offers another way of understanding time. There are few places where time becomes as visible as it does in a garden. We see it in the opening of a flower. In the lengthening shadow of a…
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What the Changing Seasons Teach Us About Letting Go
By Cameron Graves Credit: Photo by Oliver Hihn on Unsplash Learning to embrace nature’s rhythm of release, renewal and quiet transformation. There is a quiet moment each year when the garden begins to change. The vibrant greens of summer soften into gold, amber and crimson. Flowers that seemed endless begin to fade. Seed heads dry…