07/04/2022
When COVID hit in 2020, my anxiety sky-rocketed. All sense of normalcy was gone. I couldn’t stop doom scrolling and reading latest news updates, I missed my friends and family, and I needed something else to focus on. I didn’t know it at the time, but the two small garden boxes in my yard would become my new best friends and ease my anxiety.
After working in the garden for a few weeks, I found that growing plants gave me something positive to focus on, allowed me to use my creativity, and kept me in the moment more than any activity I had tried thus far (and believe me, I’d tried a lot).
I started out with fruits + veggies + 3 dahlia tubers. After the first dahlia blossomed, I knew I was hooked on growing flowers. Not only did I love the process of growing flowers from seed, but I also enjoyed giving the flowers away to those who were going through a hard time. One of the first bouquets I gave away from my garden was to a neighbor whose son had recently passed away. We’d never met previously, but ended up having a deep, beautiful conversation when I delivered those flowers that led to her showing me where she had planted a garden in his honor.
I realized then that flowers have some kind of magnificent magic in them. They help us connect with ourselves, others, and the earth. Every day the flowers teach me something new. I started this account because I wanted share about the incredible power of flowers and the joy that they can bring us. Thanks for following along! 🌸
