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Garden, Homestead, Restoration & Farming || Nature Directory
This is a subdirectory of the HOME | Nature Directory on Substack. This sub-page lists publications that share nature-inspired garden, homestead, and farming essays and art.
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Canada
Biodiversity around our towns with news of wildlife gardening.
From the author: As a biologist, I try to help people open their eyes to the wildlife around our homes.
By: James Evarts
Spain (Catalunya)
We are a group of over 50 scientists and we do: inventory of species (3,500 so far), two weather stations, digital monitoring of river systems, & ongoing counts of butterflies, birds, & flowers across an area of approximately 4,500 acres which represents the entire river valley of the RÃo Catllar.
Scientist’s note: Visit our site (in Catalan and English) to learn of our discovery of a robust population of Thyreophora cynophila (Bone Skipper), our monitoring of the extremely threatened Galemys pyrenaicus (Pyrenean Desman), and our study of two populations of Bombus gerstaeckeri (feeds on Aconitum riparian).
United States
I write about farming, food, creativity, and place, exploring how we can grow nourishment and connection in a fractured world.
Author’s note: I wrote this post about resilience when I wasn't feeling particularly resilient, but instead living in the questions, and the response was a collective "yes!" to needing to weave stronger communities.
United States
Conservation Works is about the difficult, rewarding, crucial, and seriously undercovered work of repairing and protecting the ecosystems we depend on. I write about what’s working (and what’s not), share new findings from research, and reflect on where conservation has been and where it’s going. Whether you’re a conservation practitioner or simply care about your fellow species, you’ll find ideas, connections, and purpose in Conservation Works.
United States
Each day I write one sentence of gratitude and share those monthly words the first Friday of the month.
Note from the author: Start here.
United States
I write about building and designing a garden, and the magic of living in the woods and growing things.
Author’s note: This is the short history and outline of the gardens; a useful place to start.
United Kingdom; Global
A worldwide gardening club, where we get to explore the world of gardens and gardening.
Note from the writer: The Gardening Mind is aimed at all levels of gardeners, and this post was intended to give ideas to even the newest gardener as well as to inspire those with more experience.
Europe & U.K.
Lessons in healing from the Irish landscape: A newsletter of seasons and cycles, nature and women.
Writer’s note: Here’s the piece of writing that made me see that in vulnerability there is connection
France
Light hearted nature journaling and field notes from small holding on a hill in France…
France
My only near neighbours are my wild kin – birds, animals, trees, plants, weathers, seasons and elements...I write about all this.
From the artist: Here is a good place to start.
United States; Global
Essays on practical holistic gardening and farming with esoteric spiritual insights into ways of healing the Earth.
From the writer: Here is a good place to start; some posts are more contemplative, others extremely practical, and still others more ecological and scientific.
Canada
Becoming better gardeners one rabbit hole at a time.
From the writer: Start here!
United States
Stories heal. This is a community for sharing stories.
Note from the artist: Start here; I am still learning what it means to let go and having a good laugh along the way.
United Kingdom
Discover Anne’s writing from her experience as a herbal grower, practitioner, researcher and permaculture designer.
Writer’s note: Here’s a good place to start. I love to write about fantastic medicinal trees such as juneberry!
United States
I love to share my flower gardens in Missouri Zone 6b (now 7a), camping, hiking, travels, the great outdoors, photography of the same, digital scrapbooking art, and encourage others to see the little things that bring joy, as well as other topics.
From the artist: My garden journal is here. My travel and photography journal is here.
United States
I'm a children's book author / mystery writer who has increasingly turned to nature for inspiration; my Substack explores the intersections of mystery and nature writing.
Author’s note: I'm often out looking for ideas in nature, wondering if these seeds will grow into essays, stories, or entire books. Sometimes my mystery writing mind takes over, as it did when I encountered owl feathers strewn through the woods one day.
United States
Off-grid desert living with a dash of animistic eco-spiritual philosophizing
Writer’s note: This post shows how animism is deeply interwoven in my life. Living off grid is about more than just being an environmentalist and living independently of centralized systems for me, it's also about connecting intimately with the natural world.
Europe and U.K.
A poetically philosophical look at farming, nature, ecology, and localism - with a few other things thrown in too.
United States
A first generation farmer's reflections on finding our way back to ourselves by renewing our connection to nature and digging our hands into the earth.
From the author: My essay on death and the cyclical way of life as seen in nature remains close to my heart and the path I have chosen to walk on my journey as a farmer and grower of plants and animals.
Norway
I illustrate microbes as wildlife in their natural habitats, aiming to make the microbial world more relatable for everyone.
United States
Reflections on living slowly and seasonally from a cabin the woods of Maine.
African continent
Lifting up - through art and storytelling - the work of dozens of community organizers, farmers, trainers, artisans and teachers in Africa who are changing the lives of others and improving their communities.
Note from the writer: Start here, at the Launch Post for RainMakers & ChangeMakers.
United States
A couple of naturalists from the swamps of Louisiana writing about their new life moving to a ranch in Oklahoma.
Authors’ suggestion: Start here!
Canada
The explosion of life in spring cannot be ignored!
United States
Author’s note: My favorite post, "My Vineyard," really gets to the heart of how the beauty and physicality of life on Martha's Vineyard has healed me since I arrived here 17 years ago, 1 year sober - and how being outside in nature keeps me sane.
United States
Ditch the box. Just think outside.
Author’s suggestion: Start here.
England
Rediscovering nature; learning to live again
Note from the writer: This post felt like a culmination of all the reasons why I was returning to nature having just quit my job and facing the possibility of losing my dad, it was laying down the gauntlet of a new life to come.
United States
Author’s note: An Ode to The Earth
Canada
Supporting healing through connection with nature.
From the author: After years spent working in forests and gardens, it was my son's forest school that slowed me down and started my practice of nature journaling and writing nature-inspired poetry.
