Enjoy this inside look at The Weederâs Reader â a special issue of GreenPrints. Youâll love this story! [GreenPrints]( December 3, 2022 Â [STEP INTO A HEALING GARDEN OF ONE MILLION DAISIES!]( Itâs taken a while, but many hospitals and mental health facilities now build healing gardens for their patients. Nothing can change your mindset as easily as the scent of a lilac bush in bloom, or fresh-cut grass on bare feet. Nature restores us. Rejuvenates us. Heals us. In fact, some doctors have started writing prescriptions â for nature walks! How about that? Modern medicine getting back to nature. In GreenPrints, we share stories about the healing power of gardening, plus funny stories that can be real gut-busters (donât sip your coffee while reading; donât say we didnât warn you). Read these âgardening stories from the heartâ to get a breath of fresh air before you even step outside! Become a [GreenPrints All-Access Member]( today to get stories that amuse, inspire, entertain, and even heal. These âgardening stories from the heartâ are reading for your enjoyment, fulfillment, and personal enrichmentâyouâll always find stories of hope and inspiration whenever you read an issue! For example, check out this story from page 12 of The Weederâs Reader â a wonderful story of hope and healing: [One Million Daisies]( For my mother.
By Marilyn Kendall [St. Fiacre] A million daisies have invaded my motherâs garden. They grow rampant among the phlox and delphinium, the lilies and the roses. She doesnât want their scraggly disorder in her picture-perfect beds, but she cannot stand to kill anything, especially a flower. In her strongerâor weakerâmoments she attempts to eradicate them, but they always fi nd their way back into her garden. Into her heart. On this early morning of my summer visit, while my mother sleeps, I am deadheading these daisiesâa million times a million of them, it seemsâand thinking of her. At 86, she is still sturdy, and stalwartâand stubborn, at times. She wants the fl owers but not their mess, so I must tread carefully in her beloved garden. I hate this job. Capture a dead bloom, separate it from its confederates, and follow its stem down several inches (so the stub wonât show), taking care not to cut too many leaves and deplete the plant. Then snip, toss the stem into the refuse bin, fi nd another, an start again. I mustnât falter in my attention and sacrifice a live bloom. Snip, snip, snip. I must have cut ten thousand at least. I look the length of the garden at the multitudes remaining. After half an hour, the beauty of the early morning no longer compensates for my aching back. I stand. She doesnât need all these, I think. Why not just pull half out by their roots? Or cut the old heads by the fistful, rather than singly? No one would notice from a few feet away. But I know I wonât, and I wonder why. My mother doesnât expect this fussiness. Somehow, without reason, I expect it for her, knowing how she loves every petal and leaf. Just as she loved her children, I suddenly reflect: perfectly, proudly, with attention to every detail, every emotion, every need. In spite of our flaws. I am struck by the thought: If my mother didnât love daisies, would she have loved me so well? Back on my knees, I recall the lunches packed, the clothes sewed, the hair curled, the ruffles ironed. I think of the eons of advice, of comfort, of concern. I snip and I count. Snip and count. The morning passes. A million daisies may not be enough. â Illustrations by Heather Graham Dear Reader, What a moving story! Marilyn Kendall shares her story of tending her motherâs garden, and how she turned a tedious task into a way to count her blessings. GreenPrints has published many stories just like this âheartwarming stories that can show us where to find hope and healing. The Weederâs Reader includes more stories of hope, such as: - âMy New Yearâs Gardenâ from the Winter 2022-03 issue
- âPicking Cornâ from the Summer 2015 issue
- âThree Rosesâ from the Winter 2014-15 issue
- âLove and Daffodils Foreverâ from the Autumn 2000 issue
- âGarden Meditationâ from the Premiere issue of GreenPrints, in Spring 1990 The Weederâs Reader is a fabulous compendium of some of the best stories GreenPrints has published over the years. We have these and dozens more inspirational stories in our Libraryâand coming up in future issues! Please read what some subscribers say about how GreenPrints affects their lives: âThe wonderful stories in the magazine have given me hope about mankind. We are surrounded by sad and difficult times in a polarized culture. Your heartful approach and spirit shine through. Thank you!â
âCathy Gornick, New Hartford, NY âIâm renewing for three years. Iâm not sure Iâll be around in three years. But I want to make sure you are!â
âSusan Ward, Middleton, WI âThank you, GreenPrints family, for providing calm, joy, and wisdom in these crazy times.â
âLee Ann Hawkins, Marion, IN Including this featured storyââOne Millions Daisiesââyou get all 16 stories in the GreenPrints Special Issue Weederâs Reader only with an [All-Access Membership](. Filled with stories that inspire, amuse, and heal, The Weederâs Reader, like all issues of GreenPrints, also includes specially commissioned artwork with every article, to enhance the stories and entertain youâillustrations that are thought-provoking and just plain fun! Here is what one subscriber says about GreenPrints: âThank you! BEST EVER Magazine!! It's like the finding a âtreasureâ in the mailbox. Artwork is amazing!â
âJo Glenn, Port Royal, PA Here are the stories included in The Weederâs Reader: - âMy New Yearâs Gardenâ
- âMy No-Grow Azaleasâ
- âOn the Art of Gardeningâ
- âOne Million Daisiesâ
- âThe Story of St. Fiacreâ
- âThe Obsessed Gardenerâ
- âA Penn Station Valentineâ
- âThe Joy of NonGardeningâ
- âLove and Daffodils Foreverâ
- âAtheists on My Houseplants!â
- âThe Green Manâ
- âLight Passes Through Meâ
- âRemedial Weedingâ
- âThe Most Important Toolâ
- âFlowers Grow in a Gardenâ
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