Deer Dear
https://open.substack.com/pub/cynthiabrian/p/deer-dear ? "We are part of the earth, and it is part of us… the deer, the horse, the great...
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Cynthia Brian
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Plan to Plant
“Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow”Audrey Hepburn With the intense heat of this past summer, a cooler fall...
Cynthia Brian
5 min
Naturally Naked
“Nature loves to hide.” Heraclitus In the winter, these ladies are wrapped in lush green manteaus that glisten in the rain. When warmer...
Cynthia Brian
5 min
Eco-Optimism for 2024
It’s Eco-Optimism for the 2024 Garden Trends Report! By Cynthia Brian “With gratitude, optimism is sustainable.” Michael J. Fox Welcome...
Cynthia Brian
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Rolling in the Leaves
“Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day! Every leaf speaks bliss to me, Fluttering from the autumn...
Cynthia Brian
4 min
Growing with Gratitude
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” Henry Ward Beecher Finally my trees and shrubs have donned their fiery...
Cynthia Brian
4 min
Rock it!
“River stones remain, while water flows away.” Romanian Proverb Growing up on the farm, our home was surrounded on three sides by hills...
Cynthia Brian
4 min
Seasonal Reset
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.” Charles Dickens Monochromatic. My featureless October garden appears...
Cynthia Brian
4 min
Fall Flying: For the Birds!
“This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and animals.” Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass This past year I downloaded a phenomenal...
Cynthia Brian
5 min
A Passion for a Pink Paradise
“My parents told me I’d point to a bed of flowers and say ‘Pink. Pretty’ before I could say any other words!” Joni Mitchell Pink, and all...
Cynthia Brian
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Growing with Kids
I rejoice when I see anyone, and especially children, inquiring about flowers, and wanting gardens of their own, and carefully working in...
Cynthia Brian
4 min
Joys of July Gardening
More photos: Substack: https://cynthiabrian.substack.com/p/the-july-joys-of-gardening "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants...
Cynthia Brian
3 min
Bright Blossoms All Summer
“I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one for me.” Andre Gide Summer is the most beloved...
Cynthia Brian
5 min
Nature Talks
“Stop, look, and listen. Nature is what you may be missing.” Cynthia Brian When I was telling my husband that I had deep watered one of...
Cynthia Brian
4 min
Fields of Dreams
“When the primal forces of nature tell you to do something, the prudent thing is not to quibble over details.” ~ From the movie, Field of...
Cynthia Brian
5 min
Plant this! Don't plant that!
https://blog.voiceamerica.com/2023/06/01/good-plants-and-bad-plants/ “Kings and cabbages go back to compost, but good deeds stay green...
Cynthia Brian
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Spring Sojourn: a Garden Journey through Eastern Europe
“Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.” Ellis Peters Photos and more: https://blog.voiceamerica.com/2023/05/03/a-gar...
Cynthia Brian
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Garden Plans and Projects
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” ―Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina The first few weeks of April will indeed be days of watching,...
