#margaretroach

“By becoming a gardener, I accidentally— blessedly— landed myself in a fusion of science lab and Buddhist retreat, a place of nonstop learning and contemplation, where there is life buzzing to my maximum and also the deepest stillness... This gardening stuff is not just a hobby, like building model airplanes or stamp-collecting. The medium is alive, and always changing, and no, you are never really in charge for a second, no matter how straight your rows nor sturdy your staking. Something larger is always at work, something no mere hand of a gardener can control.”