Big Dreams for a Tiny Garden

courtyard garden reflections

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • About: Where it Began.
  • Growing Writers
  • Wandering in My Poetry Garden

Untangling

June 8, 2019by Robyn Haynes 28 Comments

Amid the turmoil of our busy lives, I crave for quiet. Not the silence you might imagine, but rather, a peace-inducing space filled with the music of nature. A salve […]

Read Article →
2019, Ideas, Perspective

Beneath Our Feet

May 4, 2019by Robyn Haynes 28 Comments

So much is going on. Out of sight, but never far from the minds of gardeners. Yes, that’s right! I’m talking about the underworld of the soil. I’ve written before […]

Read Article →
communication, Fungi

Impatient Impatiens

March 30, 2019by Robyn Haynes 33 Comments

I have a confession to make: I’m an impatient person. I wish I could say I’m a ‘recovering im-patient’ but that is not yet true. Lately, I’ve been impatient for […]

Read Article →
Autumn, Patience, patience;

Autumn Arrives

March 2, 2019by Robyn Haynes 23 Comments

Autumn sidles into my garden wearing white Plumeria blossoms in her hair. Dressed in gauzy greens with an occasional flash of colour, she looks as though at any moment she […]

Read Article →
2019, Autumn

Trans-Plant

February 16, 2019by Robyn Haynes 54 Comments

The beautiful Maidenhair fern I dug-up from my tiny courtyard garden to give to my newly-settled friend is struggling. I took to the internet to find out why. Maidenhairs (Adiantum […]

Read Article →
Maidenhair Ferns

Nesting

February 2, 2019by Robyn Haynes 24 Comments

I’m blown away by the sheer industry and skill that goes into making a bird’s nest. And unlike we humans, birds do it all over again season after season. Recently […]

Read Article →
2019, Gardening in pots, Identity, nesting, Perspective

Jumpin’ Jack Flash…

January 19, 2019by Robyn Haynes 29 Comments

… it’s 2019 already! Happy new year to you all! So, what news from my tiny courtyard garden? Well, what about this tiny creature busily preparing dinner on the underleaf […]

Read Article →
2019, Perspective, Reflection, Society, Spiders

Star of Bethlehem

December 16, 2018by Robyn Haynes 31 Comments

It turns out this post is more about what the Star of Bethlehem flower is not. Life is not predictable.  Until this moment, I’ve always thought the plant, Agapanthus, was also […]

Read Article →
Christmas, Perspective

Towering Ambition

December 1, 2018by Robyn Haynes 42 Comments

Jack’s beanstalk has nothing on the Alcantaria! ‘Towering ambition’: tall, very high, lofty, surpassing others; all adjectives painting a picture of the bromeliad, Alcantaria Imperialis Rubra.  But while this bromeliad is […]

Read Article →
Old Friends, Other-People's-Gardens, Tiny Gardens

The Fertility Goddess

November 17, 2018by Robyn Haynes 38 Comments

This is a picture of my former self. Brand new and smiling. I liked my work. The pay was abysmal but there were perks:- greeting the early morning sunshine, the […]

Read Article →
Abundance, Connectedness, Family, Memories

Post navigation

1 2 … 14 Next →

Archives

  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015

Categories

  • 2017
  • 2019
  • Absence
  • Abundance
  • Ants
  • Autumn
  • Beauty
  • Beginnings
  • Blogging
  • blogging101
  • Books
  • Change
  • Christmas
  • Clean Up
  • Colour
  • communication
  • Connectedness
  • Contrast
  • Conversations
  • Crown of Thorns
  • Culture
  • Cycle of Life
  • Delaying Gratification
  • Distance
  • Family
  • Far North Queensland
  • Fly
  • Frogs
  • Fungi
  • Garden Shows
  • Gardening in pots
  • Gifted
  • Great Expectations
  • Green Tree Frogs
  • Ideas
  • Identity
  • Indulgence
  • Judgement
  • Maidenhair Ferns
  • Markets
  • Meandering
  • Memories
  • Memory
  • nesting
  • Old Friends
  • Orchids
  • Other-People's-Gardens
  • Outback
  • Patience
  • patience;
  • Perspective
  • Perspective
  • Recycle and Reuse
  • Reflection
  • Scent
  • Shadow Play
  • Society
  • Spiders
  • Spring
  • Stories
  • Summer
  • Surprise
  • Terrariums
  • The Idea of Home
  • Tiny Gardens
  • Travel
  • Trees
  • Uncategorized
  • Water
  • Weather
  • Web of Life
  • Wind
  • Winter
  • Worms
  • Writing

Tags

altruism Ants Banksias Beauty Bees beginnings blogging101 Bromeliads Bud drop challenges Children China Christmas courtyard gardens Crocodiles Culture Darling Buds Dendrobium orchids Dogs Faith Family ferns flourish Friends Garden Competitions gardening Garden of My Mind gingers Grasshoppers Gratitude Great Expectations Grief Hippeastrum Holidays How To Hoya Identity jasmine light Magnificence Melaleuca Memory nature Nature-cycles Nuture Orchids Other-People's-Gardens Paths Peace Perspective poetry Pruning Rain Resilience Rest Roots roses; Scale Seasons Social systems Society Spiders stories Symbolism Tadpoles Thoughts Thrive Travel Unexpected Weather Web of Life Wild Things Winter Worm colonies writing
Follow Big Dreams for a Tiny Garden on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 968 other followers

Recent Posts

  • Untangling
  • Beneath Our Feet
  • Impatient Impatiens
  • Autumn Arrives
  • Trans-Plant
Robyn Haynes

Robyn Haynes

Robyn enthusiastically pursues a green and writerly life on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia, where her background as a doctor of social anthropology equips her with an interesting slant on the human condition. She spends much time indulging a passion for her garden where she ponders life and attempts to stave off existential angst. In her more reflective moments she makes wry observations on courtyard gardening and its parallels with life.

View Full Profile →

Top Posts & Pages

  • Untangling

Search this site

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Ancient wisdom

To see things in the seed, that is genius.
Lao Tzu

Blog at WordPress.com.
Cancel
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy