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This collection of posts reflects my deep appreciation for the natural world, as well as my thinking about garden design and plants. Some were written in the earlier days of Growthfully, when I focused on bringing together garden planning with women’s wellbeing, before I turned my professional attention to therapeutic coaching and women’s circles. They lead into my more recent writings about women’s empowerment. I hope you find them inspiring.
Happy reading!
Sarahx
A quick look at some of the things I’ve done that have helped me to have a better winter this year. Usually the dark, and cold, get the better of me and my mood gets quite low. This year I took action in advance, and throughout, the early winter months and so far, so good…
Read MoreIn this post I describe the last two years of creating Growthfully and define what I actually do…
Read MoreThis month two years ago I took my first step towards creating a new way of working that combined my love for working with women with my love of working with gardens. Growthfully was to be the result, though I didn’t know it at the time…
Read MoreAs autumn deepens and winter moves ever closer I muse about the ways in which I can support myself and feel a sense of wellbeing. What is wellbeing anyway?
Read MoreWhat a delight the meadow turned out to be.
Read MoreI sowed my meadow very late - in the first week of June and using a seed mix created by Nigel Dunnett, of Sheffield University, who designed the poppy filled planting around the Olympic Stadium,
Read MoreThe CAMFED garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show reminds me how much my values have changed around creating gardens.
Read MoreGolders Hill Park, in North West London, has been a favourite haunt of mine for many years. My children used to climb over this statue but please don’t tell the park keepers…
Read MoreI’m growing ‘Matacuna’ - a wonderful combination of deep purples and reds in each sweet-pea flower. They are the first of my seeds to really get going and are at the stage of just forming their true leaves.
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