Three ways to spend time here
Read
The native plants went in, and the notebook’s been full ever since. One essay every Sunday.
Listen
The Flutter By Effect, a podcast about what changes when a yard becomes a habitat. Changes happen both in the garden, and to the homeowner.
Watch
Photos and short videos from the garden, including the ones that started all this.
From the Garden Lately
HOW THIS STARTED
Around 2017 a tree swallow landed on a post in my yard and stopped me in my tracks. I had just had some native plants installed, but I wasn’t prepared for all the wildlife it would bring with it.
I am a writer, not a master gardener or a horticulturist. I’ve just been writing down who arrives ever since.
So I’ll keep noticing, one season at a time. Thank you for being here on this exploration with me.
And the most meaningful gardens?
They’re never really finished—only always becoming.
What takes time also takes root—quietly, deeply, often when we’re not looking.
So I’ll keep planting, observing, and sharing, one season at a time.
In the end, it’s not just the garden that changes—it’s us.
A garden takes time. And so does becoming the kind of person who notices what returns when we make space.