In this TED Talk from 2017, environmental artist Tobacco Brown explains that gardens are a reflection of our lives, and that the act of curating and cultivating a beautiful garden can teach us how to live compassionately, with dignity and with connection to others and the world around us. Recounting her childhood introduction to the “joy” of gardening and her mother’s wholesome cooking with produce grown at home, Brown passionately describes how this parental legacy of care and immersion in the garden helped to inspire her direction in life and her plant-based art. “Gardens are full of magical wisdom,” she says, which is key to human connections and leading a good life.
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In this TED Talk from 2017, environmental artist Tobacco Brown explains that gardens are a reflection of our lives, and that the act of curating and cultivating a beautiful garden can teach us how to live compassionately, with dignity and with connection to others and the world around us. Recounting her childhood introduction to the “joy” of gardening and her mother’s wholesome cooking with produce grown at home, Brown passionately describes how this parental legacy of care and immersion in the garden helped to inspire her direction in life and her plant-based art. “Gardens are full of magical wisdom,” she says, which is key to human connections and leading a good life.