Places

Places That Close Early

Places That Feel Abandoned

Places That Feel Like A Secret

Places That Feel Like Home

Places That Hum

Places That Smell Like Rain

Are Better At The Edges

Are Better The Second Time

Are Easier To Build Than Maintain

Become More Interesting The Longer You Look

Become Somebody’s Responsibility

Become Someone Else’s Problem

Become Visible Through Use

Bloom

Create Attachment

Create Invisible Work

Create More Than They Consume

Create More Than They Contain

Create More Than They Cost

Create Their Own Communities

Decay Through Neglect

Demand Preparation

Depend On Being Renewed

Depend On Maintenance

Deteriorate Without Being Noticed

Don’t Like Being Rushed

Grow While Standing Still

Improve A Neighborhood

Improve By Being Ignored

Improve By Being Nearby

Improve By Being Slightly Broken

Improve By Having A History

Improve Their Surroundings

Improve Through Repetition

Improve Through Waiting

Improve Without Being Noticed

Invite Inspection

Invite Ownership

Invite Return

Invite Return Visits

Invite Stewardship

Make A Place Feel Human

Make Good Ancestors

Make Good Descendants

Make Scale Human

Make Time Visible

Need A Blueprint

Need A Human Scale

Need Boundaries

Need Cultivation

Need Protection

Need Recovery

Need Renewal

Need Watering

Occupy Space

Outlive Excitement

Outlive Their Creator

Outlive Their Makers

Punish Neglect

Refuse To Stay Finished

Repay Attention

Resist Completion

Reward Attention

Reward Commitment

Reward Continuity

Reward Curiosity

Reward Familiarity

Reward Inspection

Reward Investment

Reward Maintenance

Reward Observation

Reward Participation

Reward Patience

Reward Placement

Reward Renewal

Reward Returning

Reward Stewardship

Reward Stewardship Across Time

Reward Wandering

Smell Like Rain

Turn Responsibility Into Legacy

Turn Space Into Place

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haiku

moon

winter

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doctrine of needs

mental health

emotional health

agriculture

gardening

floating

Aztecs

fertilizer

feeling of accomplishment

adulting

women

being yourself

is a miniaturization and celebration of the place we are in, the universe.

What is a garden if not a miniaturization and celebration, of the place we are in, the universe'

is a place that suggests we can sometimes meet nature halfway.

The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.

 always presents innumerable fascinating problems.

Every garden presents innumerable fascinating problems. Winston Churchill

 should be for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season.

There ought to be gardens for all months in the year, in which, severally, things of beauty may be then in season. Francis Bacon

is the mirror of a mind. it is a place of life, a mystery of green moving to the pulse of the year, and pressing on and pausing the whole to its own inherent rhythms.

a garden is the mirror of a mind. it is a place of life, a mystery of green moving to the pulse of the year, and pressing on and pausing the whole to its own inherent rhythms.

is to be cultivated for the nose and the eyes will take care of themselves.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. Robert Louis Stevenson

is a thing which, in order to live off of, you practically have to live in.

In order to live off a garden, you practically have to live in it. Frank McKinney

is not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

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