A Garden’s Healing Power

By: Kim Charles

Liz Cruz Cordova has used the healing power of her garden to assist with move beyond a serious health obstacle .

" Hi there , from sun drenched California ! The last winter rainfall give my garden more vibrant life ! It give me more hope , too . rage , perseverance and resilience overturned a terrible drug reaction that leave life-threatening ocular complications preventing , me from visually functioning in the interfering self-governing life I used to know . While it ’s still very visually thought-provoking to do anything , let alone garden , I ’ve rule room to beat the Dominicus & wild summer temperatures even piano breezes , and be out there to still revel each beautiful moment .

Life may throw away me lemons but I still make Meyer lemon curds ! And partake them with friends and neighbor . "

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Taken during a hard spring drizzle.

Mixed succulent planter grown from cuttings from mother plants that I’ve gifted to dear friends..

Sky blue dwarf Buddleia often visited by honeybees & hummingbirds.

On days when the wind is still, I sit here and enjoy the demure fragrance of Michelia Alba Champaca that I rescued & replanted after wild winds toppled it down.

Pink Brugmansia – Angel’s trumpet, in the secret garden entrance, a gift from my Dad before he left this earth. He raised this from a tiny seed & gave it to me with just a couple of tiny leaves in a gallon plastic pot. He’d be so amazed how much it grew in two seasons!