![]() ![]() Smudge sticks are simple to create and can be made from any of your favourite garden or neighbourhood scented plants. If you know of someone struggling with cabin fever – they might be confined to a small apartment or locked inside with their in-laws – a re-energising smoking ceremony might be just what they need. Since ancient times, cultures across the world have burned smudge sticks to cleanse and purify. Plant Post for the person stuck inside a city apartment: Send a home-made smudge stick! To help you get started on your merry Plant Posting way, here are some ideas of who and what you might send: Oh, and also remembering to drop the letter/parcel/post at the post outlet. The secret to embracing Plant Post is realising that there are no rules, except maybe to take pause and consider the people in your life and what kind of Plant Post they might enjoy receiving. Think seeds taped to postcards, cuttings in boxes, tea bags, jam recipes, sexy plant sketches, dried posies for Grandma – the choices are endless.ĭon’t feel pressured to send long winded letters with pages of detail to accompany your plants if that’s not your thing – a postcard with a poem, joke or rude illustration is just as endearing, especially if it’s accompanied by a handful of seeds! Plant Post should be no different – except that within your letter/parcel/post, a garden element should exist. The art of letter writing has existed for thousands of years, with writers sending dispatches to family, clients, friends, foes and lovers about anything and everything – from tales of great adventures to education, property deeds, stories of loss and secret love messages. Garden bounty ready for Plant Posting! What do I post? Throw in a handful of creativity and a sprinkle of thoughtfulness along the way and Bob’s your uncle, you’re a qualified Plant Poster. It’s as simple as tucking a pair of secateurs in your back pocket and taking a stroll around your garden or neighbourhood (with a visit to your closest post office tacked on the end). Whether you live in an apartment in the middle of the city or a house surrounded by acres of garden, Plant Post is here to solve all of your isolation boredom. What better way then, to connect with the people in our lives than through the garden? And what better way is there to share our love of plants in times of isolation than through the post? But with many of us, across the world, now limited to the confines of our homes, the time for meaningful communication with one another is ripe. In recent years, the beauty of this slower, thoughtful form of keeping in touch has fallen by the wayside. Remember the days of dashing to the post box, discovering a letter with your name inscribed across the front and the excitement of tearing it open and devouring the contents within? Receiving post from someone you care for is one of life’s loveliest gifts – equal only to the feeling of fresh socks, the scent of a bush lemon in flower and the turning of the first autumn leaves. It’s called Plant Post, and it’ll keep you connected with the important things – plants, people and play – over the months to come, and beyond. The plants are still growing, and the post is still posting, and I’ve got a great project to help combat COVID-19 loneliness. But physical separation doesn’t automatically mean emotional separation from friends and family. Words by Lucy Munro Images by Lucy Munroĭuring these strange days of isolation, it’s easy to feel detached from the outside world and those we love.
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