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Gardening through Grief

If I had the ability to stay in my gardens for the rest of my life, I probably would.

As one of my doctors said the other day, “You’ve been through enough.” While it is difficult to sometimes deal with people, I find plants, pets and home a lot easier. It is where I restore and find my sense of self.

A picture i took yesterday at the back of Corrie’s Arendelle Garden, the largest garden on the farm, while I took a break from creating a no dig section around a rose trellis and butterfly bench.

There was a time when writing did this for me, but with writing I have to be careful because sometimes digging too deep in my memory could trigger a reaction.

Gardening is doing. It takes imagination, planning, and action. It invites other hobbies, such as drawing your gardens or pictures of a particular plant. You can dry flowers, or collect herbs.

My son and I set up a no dig garden at the rose trellis and butterfly bench.

I posted my first two posts on our garden and farm blog Corrie’s Acres Farm and Photography. I shared pictures after the rain, and my latest no dig project.

I’ve focused on no dig gardening most recently because our Anniversary Garden is the healthiest garden on the property. It is our first full no dig garden. We set up stage 1 in January.

The Anniversary Garden
The TikTok I made about the No Dig area in our Arendelle Garden that my son and I did yesterday.

Currently, there are nine gardens on the farm. Most gardens are partial no dig. The love poured into the gardens represent the love, always, for our daughter, Corrie.

Photos, vidoes, and all content by and property of R.A. Bridges, 2024

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