{"id":125778,"date":"2022-04-09T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-feel-my-mother-in-every-petal-and-leaf-how-gardening-helped-me-through-grief\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T17:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T10:18:09","slug":"i-feel-my-mother-in-every-petal-and-leaf-how-gardening-helped-me-through-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-feel-my-mother-in-every-petal-and-leaf-how-gardening-helped-me-through-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I feel my mother in every petal and leaf\u2019: how gardening helped me through grief"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSix years after the death of her mother, Lulah Ellender celebrates their shared love of gardening and the ever-changing place that most gives her hope Last autumn my sister rang me in tears. Her partner had inadvertently dug up a patch of primroses in their garden. Why this reaction to an innocent gardening mistake? Because these primroses came from our late mother\u2019s garden. My sister, brother and I had carefully transplanted a few of her beloved yellow Primula vulgaris to each of our gardens, hoping to keep something of her alive; they were her favourite flower. Every time I see them begin to flower in the shady patch opposite my kitchen window, I remember her joy at their springtime blooms.My mother died from cancer nearly six years ago. While the initial shock and sharpness of the loss has ebbed, I am still learning to live with the gap she has left in the world. We were close and, among other things, shared a love of gardening. When she came to stay she would bring muddy carrier bags full of slug-nibbled lettuce, handfuls of chard or surprisingly small leeks. We would set about pruning or weeding together, talking mostly, but also happily working in silence. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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