A reflective essay exploring all types of peonies — herbaceous, tree, and hybrid — through real garden experience, patience, and long-term planting.
Author Archives: The Curious Gardener
Bear’s Breeches
A reflective garden essay on bear’s breeches (Acanthus), exploring its bold foliage, flower spikes, temperament, and role in long-lived garden design.
When Abundance Wobbles
A reflective essay on eating without certainty, and how gardens teach flexibility, substitution, and calm nourishment.
Oregano
A reflective essay on oregano in the garden, exploring its growth, scent, flowering, and value beyond the kitchen through lived gardening experience.
What Arrives Overnight
A reflective look at how gardens change overnight, revealing unseen activity through mushrooms, trails, and subtle shifts that occur without direct observation.
