Observation as wisdom

July 2025

Gardening and traveling share a quiet wisdom, teaching the art of observation. In the garden, careful attention reveals when to tend and when to let things be. Travel invites us into unfamiliar spaces where attention becomes a powerful teacher. When we slow down and observe we see patterns, connections, and truths about the world and ourselves. 

Just as a gardener learns from the soil and seasons, a traveler learns by noticing the subtle rhythyms of a place. Both remind us the more present we are, the more the world opens to us.

Black Girls With Green Thumbs is swarming with activity this summer, and in July and August we are hitting the road!