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Hello! I’m Hetty
I write Still Growing to share the quiet, ongoing lessons my garden is teaching me — about patience, care, and the slow work of becoming.
After working as a gardener and now garden designer alongside people like Scott Melville, Sarah Eberle and now Butter Wakefield, I’ve come to see gardening not just as a skill, but as a way of understanding life. I’ve learnt a lot — and I’m still learning.
This newsletter is for anyone who finds meaning in tending to things that grow slowly — whether that’s a garden, a life, or something in between. Through gentle stories and reflections from my own patch of earth, I hope to offer a moment of stillness, and perhaps a small reminder that you’re not growing alone.
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