If your head was a garden, what would it grow?
To be a gardener is to give a fuck. To be a gardener is to be invested in a place—to know it, to protect it, to be present to it. How can we protect and heal ourselves and our planet if we’re not willing to step into, and value, the role of the gardener?
Georgina Reid • Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care - Wonderground
The secret is not to chase butterflies, but to take care of the garden so they'll come to you
“With digital gardening, you’re talking to yourself. You focus on what you want to cultivate over time.”
technologyreview.com • Digital Gardens Let You Cultivate Your Own Little Bit of the Internet
“A gardener is not someone who grows flowers but one who cultivates the soil. You need to delve into the ground’s organic underworld to appreciate the soil’s potential for fostering life.So, to create something truly alive and nourishing, we must be willing to immerse ourselves in the rich, fertile soil of our own humanity — the depths of our emoti... See more
In French, “cultiver son jardin intérieur” means to tend to your internal garden—to take care of your mind. The garden metaphor is particularly apt: taking care of your mind involves cultivating your curiosity (the seeds), growing your knowledge (the trees), and producing new thoughts (the fruits).
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • You and Your Mind Garden
Gardening is not just a set of tasks. It’s not restricted to backyards, courtyards, balconies. It can, and should, happen anywhere, everywhere. Gardening is simply a framework for engagement with our world, grounded in care, action and intimacy with place. To garden is to care deeply, inclusively and audaciously for the world outside our homes and ... See more