Hi my name is Mel and I live in New Zealand, in a valley in a coastal town with three dogs (Airedales not sure how that happened), many bees and my partner. My garden is my place for art, for words - she is my muse. I garden with a clumsy heart and a nod to the many pollinators and birds that have become part of this space that has evolved as I have, over the years. I will always be a beginner in the garden and forever keen to learn. I view gardens as the best teacher. Each week I send out free weekly newsletter. It is a gentle ramble filled with snippets of the garden, life, dogs and bees. Little moments if you will, a quiet resistance against the daily grind.

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Contributing photographer for the Sage Journal.