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Alexandra Oakley's great-grandmother standing among flowers outside a red cottage
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Maybe it was always inevitable

2026-02-25

Looking through old family albums made me realise my love of flowers and gardening probably did not appear out of nowhere.

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Thank you for being here through all of it
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Thank you for being here through all of it

2025-12-31

As the year comes to a close, I keep thinking about how much this little garden space has held.

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August held the best and hardest things all at once
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August held the best and hardest things all at once

2025-08-27

This month brought one of the loveliest surprises I have had through the garden and one of the hardest moments in my life away from it.

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A year full of flowers and a few bucket-list moments
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A year full of flowers and a few bucket-list moments

2024-12-30

Those in-between days after Christmas always make me reflective, and looking back over this year I keep coming back to just how much it held.

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