Natasha Liu Bordizzo Instagram – Swipe for our backyard now :’) 🤎 I’ve always loved ‘nature’ but was one of those who preferred ‘untouched’ or ‘wild’ landscapes through hiking & camping. I totally underestimated the potential of a little garden. Gardens seemed like overly domesticated versions of nature that were for ‘older people’. I’ve realised now that ‘wild’ nature of course is magic, but growing your own food, even a little bit, has a totally different value. It’s a direct relationship with the cycle of life and the seasons, it’s re-connecting with old knowledge and it’s just being off your damn phone a tad more. In the garden there’s always something changing, even within the same day. The more you look, the more you see. Since we’ve replaced grass with vegetable beds & native plants (not pictured as they’re in the front yard) the whole area has come to life with so many little visitors. I literally wake up excited to go outside and see what’s happening. It’s quite sad how disconnected we’ve become, culturally and collectively, from nature and the food system. As a beginner gardener, I’m only scratching the surface of how connected to the earth we once were. And considering the worsening mental health crises, I do think our bodies remember. Robin Wall Kimmerer said that in some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.” Let them take care of you. 🌱 Whether you have a garden, or even just a sunlit windowsill; the internet has most of the ‘how’ and you can get a start pretty cheaply. Happy growing! Xxx