How the Lion Gardener learns without forcing the garden. 🦁
Gardening is more than planting and watering. It’s noticing.
It’s seeing which leaves curl, which flowers linger, and which soil patches are quietly thriving.
Most gardeners rush past these moments, too focused on the “next task.”
When you slow down, the garden begins to speak in patterns, in timing, in quiet hints of what it needs and what it doesn’t.
“The Lion Gardener doesn’t act first. They observe, they wait and they notice.”
Over the years, I’ve learned that observation is a skill.
The garden will reveal secrets, but only to those who are truly paying attention.
Sometimes it’s the small things — a bent stem, a faint discoloration, a patch of new growth —
that tell you the most.
Listening, in this sense, doesn’t mean hearing complaints.
It means watching without judgment and letting your actions follow insight.
“Notice what works without your interference — that’s where the magic lives.”
Not every plant needs your daily attention. Not every problem needs solving.
Your garden thrives when you step back and listen as much as you act. Notice how our garden thrives when you are on vacation?
Start small: spend five minutes each day simply observing.
Record nothing, move nothing, just be present.
You’ll be surprised how much the garden will teach you in silence.
The Lion Gardener listens first, acts second.
My favourite time is early in the morning with a cup of coffee in hand. I usually say "I am just going to go look", hours later I have buckets full of weeds.
Give yourself permission to slow down, to observe, and to trust the wisdom the garden offers quietly. I am always learning.