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November in the Brooks Garden

“And why is this back and forth-another word for which is sharing; another phrase for which is mutual aid- the gardener’s disposition or, maybe more to the point, practice? Because a garden-a healthy, thriving garden-tells us to. I suspect whether we know it or not, we’re just emulating the garden, which is a repository of…

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October in the Brooks Garden

“The difference with trees, when in balance, is they claim land not just for themselves, but for all life that follows them. They take what they need and share it with the wider community. They show there is nothing inevitable about a linear supply chain that extracts resources from and produces waste.” – Frederick Livingston,…

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September in the Brooks Garden

“A single plant is a marvel. A community of plants is life itself. It is the evolutionary past and future entangled into a riotous present in which we are ourselves also entangled. This stretches the mind. Plants give us the chance to see the system in which we live.” – Zoe Schlanger, The Light Eaters…

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