A vast veggie plot, a fragrance-filled dream section and an outdated property requiring years of work – Carrie Cooke’s many gardens have all taken different forms, but each offered its own surprise gems.
This story was first told Sage Vol. 1: Life among plants
“I was born a gardener,” says Carrie Cooke. “My grandparents were gardeners, my mother was a gardener – I just followed on. It’s what we did.”
Carrie’s first memories of gardening go back to childhood in the United States, picking up her mother’s piles of pulled weeds in exchange for a quarter. Later, when she left home, she moved into an old rural cottage shared with three others. Next to the house was a forgotten plot of land – abandoned, but full of potential. So she planted a full vegetable garden, complete with a scarecrow, and often grew more than they could eat.
— Read the full story in Sage Vol. 1: Life among plants
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