Fall notes from Hazel Designs and the cutting garden plus a few announcements about upcoming workshops, seed & bulb sales!

Spring blooms in the house! Order your holiday flowers for the weekend, and come pick up the season’s first CSA shares this Thursday.

As I get busier in the garden I’m doing my best to remain mindful of the strengthening and stretching I worked on all winter, so I don’t repeat last summer’s back injury. I am learning more about responsible gardening biomechanics and maintenance for the long haul because I will most definitely 1) keep getting older and 2) keep gardening. I want to share what I’ve learned so far and I’ll be co-hosting a movement workshop for gardeners of all abilities later this season with a PT or other body work professional– stay tuned.

Picking a business name has been the hardest thing, and in the end I just stuck with the original “Hazel” for the sake of consistency. But here’s a peek into a parallel universe where I name my business after Pencil Brook, whose banks were my play ground and whose music was my lullaby.