by Kristine De Block | Apr 30, 2026 | Blog Post
Sweet woodruff – a memory in the linen cupboard There are some plants you learn first from books, with their Latin names and tidy lists of actions. And then there are the ones that arrive long before that, part of ordinary life before you even know what they...
by Kristine De Block | Apr 30, 2025 | Blog Post
Returning to the May Tree and the Shape of Love Every spring, when the hawthorn blooms and the hedgerows turn white, I feel it – that quiet pull back to something older than myself. It’s not loud. It doesn’t demand anything. It’s just there – a soft ache, a tug at the...
by Kristine De Block | Apr 9, 2025 | Blog Post
The spring stories we were never told – of hares and bells With the arrival of spring, the colour yellow seems to be everywhere. The other day I went for a walk with my boy along the green lanes of our town – fresh air, sunny, his freckled nose pink with...
by Kristine De Block | Apr 21, 2025 | Blog Post
Dandelions in Jumpers and Pockets full of Earth Medicine The dandelions were bright that day – like little suns scattered across the green. I hadn’t brought a basket, of course. Just a walk, a pocketless jumper, and two muddy-kneed children racing ahead. So I...
by Kristine De Block | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog Post
SWEET VIOLET – A FLOWER OF LOVE AND GRIEF Sweet violet (Viola odorata) turned up in my garden this February. I didn’t plant it. It arrived on its own, weeks ahead of schedule, three small purple faces tucked under their own heart-shaped leaves in the patch...