Marlane Ainsworth

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Evergreen Living
Inspiring Life Messages from a Wild Garden

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Gardens are a source of wisdom, surprise, and joy, especially when they are wild.

Our property, named Evergreen, continually amazes me with its seasonal variations, energetic growth, and wildlife. As I spend time in this natural world, sipping coffee amidst exuberant flowers and sometimes helping things grow, it shares its wisdom with me about how to embrace everyday life.

I don’t know the Latin names of plants. Nor am I an expert gardener. Many of the resources and blogs I create feature what the New York Times columnist Margaret Roach calls the ‘woo woo’ of gardens and gardening – the universal wisdom available to us as we spend time in nature.

My garden is wild. If a spinach plant pops up between the zinnias, I leave it there to flourish. Lettuce seedlings nestle under roses. Hollyhock seed stalks thrust their way through the banana palm, and a self-sown olive tree shares space with purple buddleias while offering shade to fiery red geraniums.

Everyone’s life has wild parts to it. Unexpected things happen. We never know what will appear next in the garden of our life.

So, how can we cope and grow through all that life throws at us?

Learn from my inspired ramblings in the garden at Evergreen – and at the same time fall in love with your garden, even if it’s just one cactus on a windowsill.

And click the photo of my latest book, What My Garden Told Me at the top of this page, to take you to Amazon where you can purchase your copy.

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Everything Eventually Unravels

There is nothing we can hold onto forever. Unravelling is woven throughout existence. Even stars die.

Marlane Ainsworth

45 minutes ago2 min read

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No One Owns the Land

No one owns the land. We just fool ourselves that we do. We are custodians. We’re here to care for the land, share it, and walk lightly on it.

Marlane Ainsworth

Sep 42 min read

A grey-haired woman in red jumper and dark blue jeans sits on a stepping stone on a slope in a garden. Surrounded by purple and red flowers and terracotta pots and greenery.

What I Learned in a Visit to an Ophthalmologist

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. (Eckhart Tolle)

Marlane Ainsworth

Aug 282 min read

Pale creamy brown highland cattle with sweeping horns eating hay from the ground while a woman in blue jeans and white top brushes her sides with a special comb.

Mix Your Priorities with Simple Pleasures

Mix priorities with simple pleasures. Life isn’t made up of just major things. It’s packed with minor things too, like mundane tasks and simple pleasures.

Marlane Ainsworth

Aug 202 min read