Category Archives: a different gardener

homage to all plants

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Anni Kelsey

This is extract from my book ‘the garden of equal delights‘ speaks of our dysfunctional relationship with our world and the damage we habitually wreak upon it. “Eventually my understanding progressed towards a deeper appreciation of the complex abilities of … Continue reading →

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becoming delightfully obsessed

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Anni Kelsey

alongside the evolution of the forest garden there is the evolution of the forest gardener As forest gardeners we are all unique individuals and each forest garden is the result of the unfolding of the gardener’s hopes, intentions and interactions … Continue reading →

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healing for broken places and broken people

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

We are all, to some extent, broken by our life experiences; and at the same time through our 21st century lifestyles we contribute to the broken-ness of our world.  These are two halves of the same wound.  And because of … Continue reading →

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hope, expectation, trust

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

We plant and sow our forest gardens in hope – hope of achieving our various goals, be they biodiversity, abundance, beauty and more.  Nevertheless experience guides our expectations and we understand the likelihood of all manner variability and vulnerability.  And yet, … Continue reading →

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today is publication day!

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

It is nearly four years from when I first conceived of the possibility of unearthing some principles underlying forest gardening; there have been many hours, days, weeks, months of writing, re-writing, re-re-writing and editing, who knows how much watching and … Continue reading →

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now is the unfolding of forever

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

My labour of love writing ‘ the garden of equal delights‘  has now come to fruition and I have gathered a few quotes together to give you a flavour of what you will find within: a forest garden “A forest … Continue reading →

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we too are seeds

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Anni Kelsey

A seed is a latent speck of life. As it germinates and begins the metamorphosis to becoming a plant it gives up its solitary identity – cracking open is a precursor to profound change as it starts to interact with … Continue reading →

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