A light sowing, a blooming in blue-lavender swirls, and suddenly the garden buzzes. Phacelia is the plant of simple summers - for pollinators, for the soil, for the eye.
8 h ago 7 3
The Ise-Shima Peninsula (伊勢志摩), in southern Japan, has for centuries been a place where Shinto rites harmonize with the cycles of life. An art of slowness, to be borrowed, even from afar.
8 h ago 4 1
Two simple flowers, some hot water, and five minutes for yourself. The ritual that was passed down from mother to daughter before the invention of the "pause" button.
10 h ago 24 3
In Japan, there is a word for "forest bathing." It's neither meditation nor a sports walk. It's just being there, under the trees, fully present.
10 h ago 6 2
The British magazine Gardeners' World asked hundreds of gardeners about the most unfairly overlooked plants. Here, in response, are five of these forgotten plants to rehabilitate: modest, without seasonal brilliance, but which carry the garden from one end of the year to the other. Praise for the unremarkable.
22 h ago 5 2
On the edges of paths, a modest legume with yellow-orange flowers goes almost unnoticed. The bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) nevertheless carries, in the memory of herbalists, a gentle reputation: that of accompanying sleep and soothing evening nervousness.
22 h ago 25 4
