Gardening and Community

Spring­time in Min­neso­ta can appear almost overnight. One day, snow still coats the ground. The next, cro­cus and squill pop up through earthy brown. Like­wise, we can go  months with­out ful­ly see­ing neigh­bors, due to the frigid tem­per­a­tures, and bun­dled bod­ies.  But then, one warm day, it’s like a neigh­bor­hood reunion. We can phys­i­cal­ly see and talk to each oth­er again. It’s eas­i­er to greet and wel­come new­com­ers. We can appre­ci­ate our shared spaces. We can cre­ate new ones. 

To encour­age plant­i­ng seeds to save the envi­ron­ment, to bright­en spir­its, and to instill a sense of con­nec­tion and pos­si­bil­i­ty, I like to read the fol­low­ing books that focus on gar­den­ing and com­mu­ni­ty. Read and grow!