Community Garden at False Creek
I’ve heard it said that while an American child will ask, “How are babies made?,” a Chinese child will ask, “How do babies grow?” So, “How does your garden grow?” is not just a line from a nursery rhyme! It’s a good question to ask about everything that involves human beings and humane values.
Live as if you liked yourself, and it may happen:
reach out, keep reaching out, keep bringing in.
This is how we are going to live for a long time: not always,
for every gardener knows that after the digging, after the planting,
after the long season of tending and growth, the harvest comes.
“The Seven of Pentacles” by Marge Piercy
via On Being: A gardening poem about living by Parker J. Palmer
Such a perfect photo to flow along with your words ~
I love this shot of a father carrying his baby tending both the baby and the garden.
I enjoyed this excerpt so much, I went to where I could read the entire poem. Thank you for featuring it.
Yes, the entire links are really worth reading. Thank you.
Yes, the entire links are worth reading. Thank you.