Downloaded book the 18th of October
Introduction:
are people grown with seeds in their fists. People liked the Victory Garden
I. Genetically Engineered p. 12
some are grown to garden
has a 7.0 operating system to garden
Tony Avent liked wildflowers
he was selling houseplants to neighbors.
He was a plant nerd
learned about propagated plants P. 13
he started a greenhouse and had visitors from around the world
II. The apprenticeship p. 17 by Thomas Christopher
looking at nature and the pollinators
Thomas learned grafting p. 19
liked unexpected moments p.20
time lets us go forward and backward
likes gardening people p.20
III. Taste Testing p.22 by Rosalina
learned about composting
from traveling around the world she liked veggies
She wrote the book on edible Landscaping P. 23
IV. Spring Fever by William Cullina p. 27
waiting for old friend coming back after winter
he has stillness in his soil P. 28
talk of golden rod blossoms P. 30
orders plants which was said to be a good distraction p. 30
Bill can’t wait till spring p. 32
V. My Time Machine by Rick Darke
special dimension
it’s an opportunity to maybe slow things down P. 33
establish points of relevance
you learn of cycles in garden p. 34
VI. Choas Theory by Page Dicky p. 38
Page likes to weed P.38
she talks about leaving the roots of weeds
gardening gives her pleasure p. 39
She got (has) the gardening bug p. 39
Gardeners want to change nature p. 40
VII. There Lies Peace by Helen Dillon
It’s all in the garden p. 43
enjoys any type of gardening
learned from old gardening book p. 44
Being in the garden gives Helen peace
VIII. Island Life by Ken Druse p. 47
worried about rising water and invasive species p. 47
bought property in a flood plane
Japanese stilt grass made him think of giving up
Joy of nurturing plants p. 50
thrill watching plants grow!
VIV Pentimento by Sydney Eddison p. 52
Not sure why she gardens? p. 52
She loves the land/especially swamps
garden is the whole landscape p. 53
She gardened to learn
gardens gave her a chance to write p. 55
for the birds, moment, sprinkling p.56
X. Turkish Delights by Fergus Garrett p. 57
Turkey was our family home p. 57
a gardening gene came from her grandmother
gardening is the love of plants
gentle soul who has laid their laid their spirit and soul in the garden P. 58
being closely involved with organic process P. 60
happiness involves hard work, geminating seeds p. 60
Garden is my home p. 60
XI. Paradise Regained by Nancy Goodwin
found good soul
Nancy thought it was paradise
issue with walnuts hurting her plants
Deer was eating her plants (uncaged)
drive out the deer p. 65
XII. Homegrown by Susan Heeger p. 67
She loves her raised bed veggie garden
garden is always there, for listening or smelling
need something for our own effectiveness
helped father with garden
started eating soup from the garden p. 68 even purple peas
Planted tomato by her elderly dad, her dad sain “you plant a seed, nurture it, it will nurture you, p. 70
XIII. Reasonable Doubt by Daniel Hinkley
As for the school band
Was from a Lutheran family. He could not do anything except for gardening. It was all he had going.
You must be aware of the garden. We work in the dark, do what we can, the rest i s madness.
Daniel studied horticulture and received a masters from Washington
XIV. It All Begin with an Oxygen Mask… by Thomas Hobbs
Magnetic attraction to plants
no one in family gardens
plant adapted me…plants used me or??
need to create beauty!
his first greenhouse was a age 6
XV. A Garden of Happiness by Penelope Hobhouse
use different color screens
garden is to produce order from choas
she like to work alone p.82
spiritual thinking of gardens in Islam P. 82 Islam gardens are more simple
The Garden is a refuge p. 82
successful plants make her happy P. 84
XVI. A Rocky Start by Panayoti Kelaidis
Greek Family
Alan built a rock garden,100lb rocks were gathered p. 85
they dug up plants in the wild p.86
Does mail order gardening p. 88
XVII. Foreign Relation by Roy Lancaster
😦
XVIII. Family Dynamics by Tovah Martin
Does not garden on own free will
She wanted to be a butterfly plants were family p. 97
Evaluated the next doors greenhouse
plants had seniority in hurricanes
a garden should have a function in your life. 🙂
She gardens for “Green Things”
XIX: The Dirty Minded Gardener by Julia Moir Messervy
imagine what will it grow like
have the outcome of the garden in your soul p. 102
She studied Japanese Gardening p. 104
she has become a dirt gardener
balance planting with beautiful bed line p. 106
XX The Flower Thief by Stephen Orr
Stephen like to steal pretty flowers p. 108
5-year-old thief
he grew out of his stealing phase
much beauty in the natural world
spread horticulture to others
XXI. Value added by Anna Pavord
Not only does a garden give pleasure it also instills calm p. 112
grafts patience into my soul
slows me down, owns my senses, don’t feel lonely p. 112
running weedy vinesyou don’t need wads of money to garden
garden is a creation of a setting p. 113
feeling of making things (for gardening)
the cheapness of plants (its questionable)
XXII. The Accompanist by Anne Graver
loves knees in the dirt
uses seed from lasty year (tomato)
witnessing the resilience of the plants p. 118
had invasive plants P. 120
XXIII. Saving Graces by Margaret Roach
Gardening with a vengeance p. 122
It’s been a refuge for Maragret
it was like yoga and meditation
gardening put you face to face with powerlessness p. 123
use experiments, but things will die p. 123
whatever doesn’t die makes you want more p. 125
XXIV. Right This Way by Marty Ross
you never find s box turtle you would like to see p. 127
Marty like small plants, but also talks to the plants p. 128
She has 25 cultivars P. 130
The garden is her escape. p. 130
XXV. Sightings by Claire Sawyers
view of the environment (hummingbirds) p. 133
like using a shovel, can measure process p. 134
Garden to encourage other to garden p. 134
Growing your own goods p. 134
Why doesn’t everyone garden?
XXVI. The Univeral Itch by Amy Stewart
Garden is a thing to do
it could be the oldest enterprise p. 138
it’s very primitive how we interact with plants
digging in dirt is good…feel the soil p. 139
gardening gives you something to pick at P. 140
XXVII. Fruit Loops by Roger B. Swain
Roger was Frugivorous
he grew up on mixed fruit, NOT CANNIBAS
Roger planted much in his vegetable garden
history of horticulture begins with fruit
unless you grow fruit it’s not the real thing
raise your own fruit (eaten now!)
if you don’t have a balance at the end of the year, you did something wrong p. 148
XXVIII. The Web by Douglas Tallamy
he likes that plants clean air
allows pollination
litter for beetles
rest and refill for bird migration p. 150
He likes native plants
feels accomplished growing native plants p. 151
XXIX. Urban Gardener by Richard G. Turner, Jr
excited about the love of nature (birds and bugs)
age of 9 was put in charge of the garden P. 153 landscapping
got interested in urban planning p. 154
wanted to build a wild landscape
moved to San Francisco to both gardening and big building
likes to experiment with plants. Nature is calming
XXX. Simple Pleasures by David Wheeler
has a tree collection added 400 trees
He ponders new plants or different design
Desire is to watch things grow
botonny and science/share with friends’ beauty of nature
30 Great gardeners
MG Buds book club 
This is why I garden; from the book clubs November reading “The Roots of my Obsession” by Thomas Cooper “my chapter”
Had a family garden at birth. Started planting seeds for lettuce, carrots, and corn by 1970. Both parents grew up on a farm. So eating from the garden seemed to be natural for the family. The garden soon had tomatoes, potatoes, and corn. We had difficulty with carrots because of the clay soil. Growing up your garden needed to be in tip top shape (and it usually was). When I left home for the military (after college) the garden started to “slip” a little. In 1991 I had a traumatic brain injury that brought me back to Rockford.
Having irregular movements (from Brain Injury) and was encourage to garden…so I did! Thoughts from the Neurologist & therapist were that gardening will help “calm you down”. It might have helped some, but was still fascinated with the biology of a seed becoming a plant. This led me to grow roses. I’ve heard woman like flowers…I’m single..Soooo? . This influence led me to become a Master Gardener and working at the City’s Rose Garden.
Being a Master Gardener, a rose bed (Red Ribbon Rose shrub) was assigned to me. In fact, it’s the first bed out of 70+ rose beds in the garden. I think I was assigned this bed because of my disabilities and accessibility issues (thanks Mary). Anyway, this gives me excellent opportunities to interact with people “walking/viewing” the roses (like how to prune) and answer general gardening questions. This helps calms me down😊. Helping people garden gives me an outstanding feeling, it’s just like people commenting of viewing my rose shrubs from the street as they drive by our house. People say “Your a good gardener”, but my response from the movie Tin Cup: “A blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while”.
For 2022, still having irregular movements, looking for “something” that might help my nervous system. This led me to a Japanese Garden, that’s about 2 miles away from our house. In the past few decades I have only visited the garden once or twice.
Going tech now: I’m thinking that the soothing feeling I’m receiving from hearing the bubbling water (in the garden) is from an estimated 86 billion neurons in my nervous system. In my earlier years I was a Hard Rock guitarist (AC/DC), that used a distortion box. This distortion box gave you the hard rock sound (irregular guitar signal sound). I’m thinking maybe my neurotransmitters (controls neurons) are being distorted somehow? Need to find the neuron controls?
Have tried a couple meds. for a few months to control the neurons, but didn’t like the side effects. Currently I enjoy sitting in a garden by a stream of running water while practicing tai-chi/yoga poses. Gardens relate to nature, and nature helps me control my inner self.
Reasons to share this:
1. Talking points for my MG bookclub
2. U of I Extension office
3. Share with my VA Whole Health Team and Primary Care Physician my current status, and that gardening is GOOD for the mind! (Also to help other Vets).
4. North American Japanese Garden Association
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I like watching things grow
1. My Dad grew up on a farm
2.he put in the garden in 1961, and it’s been producing veggies ever since.
3. I came along in 1966
4. started playing in garden 1970
5. grew tomatoes, lettuce, onions, potatoes, etc
6. Went into the military in 1988, and was hurt in 1991 with a Traumatic Brain Injury.
7. End result was incontrollable tremors
8. For therapy I heard about gardening
9. grew pumpkins and was introduced to growing Roses
10. During this journey I was fascinated on how a plant can grow from a seed?
11. This influence led me to become a Master Gardener and working at the Citys rose garden.
12. I’ve heard woman like flowers…I’m single..SOOO?
13. Being a master gardener, a rose bed was assigned to me. In fact it’s the first bed out of 70+ beds in the garden. I think I was assigned this bed because of my disabilities. Anyway, this gives me excellent opportunities to interact with people “walking/viewing” the roses.
14. This position gives me an excellent opportunity to share (like how to prune) and answer general gardening questions.
15. Helping people garden gives me an outstanding feeling, just like people commenting of viewing my rose shrubs from the street as they drive by.
16. People say I’m a good gardener, but my response from the movie Tin Cp: A blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while
17. Gardening is nature…which led me to a Japanese Garden (for a soothing feel)
18. Really like the sound of bubbling water
19. Thought turned to “why this sound sooths me?” A hypothesis…Maybe the neurons (est. 86 billion) in your nervous system are being distorted. Just like a distortion box hooked up to your guitar. This helps you play “hard rock” music (which can be controlled). This would be the neurotransmitters in your system.
20. have tried a couple meds for a few months trying to do this, but didn’t like the side effects
21. currently I enjoy sitting in a garden by a stream of running water while practicing tai chi/yoga poses
22. Gardens relate to nature, and nature helps me control my feelings
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