Embracing growth

My favourite time of year is definitely summer - I love nothing more than baking in the warmth, being bare foot, light till 10am.

But I still have a massive love for Spring. It’s full of growth and every time I see another bud or shoot poking through the earth it makes me feel happy, hopeful, reminded that the cycle continues.

"Growth" is an important value and part of my life. What's the point if we aren't growing - which is why I love learning, and teaching. The opposite (in my mind anyway) is stagnation and I can't handle that!

I love growing seeds for my allotment in the Spring and my windowsills are full of seed trays. But I also have a mild obsession with propagating, and these tradescantia are my favourite. Propogating can be done any time of the year really, and it always amazes me how from one small plant, 10 can be created. Just like that...

Nature offers us so many lessons, which I’m reminded of as I look at these cuttings. We can always keep growing, and we can always share what we have without it needing to diminish what we are.