A small garden beneath a spacious sky. Photo: Lorene Edwards Forkner
Even the smallest plot lives much larger than its footprint.
My Seattle city garden provides food, flowers, and a welcome dose of beauty most days of the year. As I write this blank grey skies are unleashing yet another “atmospheric river.” But were I to bother to put on shoes and a coat we might have fresh-picked greens sautéed with last season’s garlic for dinner tonight. Outside my kitchen window the buds on the witch hazel are beginning to swell and aggressive hummingbirds fitfully vie for their turn at the feeder. Day after day this tiny-but-lively garden tethers me to nature’s dynamic dance. I am endlessly enthralled.
Even in the city, perhaps especially in an urban environment, gardens, parks, and green spaces provide a connection with nature and grant us room to breathe—thanks in no small part to the vision and care of dedicated horticulturists and volunteers who tend these living landscapes. In late November, just as we were wrapping up this issue, we learned that Ruth Bancroft, founding gardener of the remarkable garden in W...
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