Re-creating Emily Dickinson's 200-year-old garden. This is what was learned.

Emily Dickinson was once better-known as a gardener. The poet’s first book preserved these species.

Excerpt: "That experience was illuminative. It left us more attuned to the stories behind a given plant: its symbolism, medicinal properties, history, ecology and even color chemistry. Gardening, we found, is an act of care, one that encourages empathy. Partaking in it, even from different countries, brought us closer as collaborators and friends. More than anything, we have learned that flowers and plants hold immense potential to delight, inspire and heal.

This project increased our awareness of time’s passage and the cycle of the seasons.

Amanda’s garden in Canada, for instance, is sourced in part from her mother’s plantings. Leah built on her prior work with Henry David Thoreau’s herbarium, in another collaborative project highlighting species loss over time. And our chosen methodology — anthotype — can take months to expose.

Slowing down has taught us patience and the need to be more attentive to the current moment."