Inhabit : Occupy, live or inhabit a place
Time spent contemplating nature has got us thinking lately: what it means to simply be with it, to let it expand at its own pace, and how, in the process, it teaches us what it means – and looks like- to grow wild. As part of her series. Inhabiting : Occupying, Ondarreta shares the quiet yet bustling life of a florist near the Bay of Biscay in France.
The wild garden, and she who inhabits it transform each other. Her, by walking through it, by trimming, sowing, watering. By nestling in a comfy chair just to enjoy the lush soil and contemplate its existence. Him, by offering her a bond with raw nature.
By giving her the pleasure of the esthetic experience. She cares for the soil and, in turn, receives the flower: color for her interiors, aroma for parties of friends and kin. To coexist with the wild garden. To experience the ground. To inhabit exteriors.
„Nature makes plants grow, not humans.
No seed is so weak that it can’t grow in unplowed ground.
An abandoned terrain becomes more fertile every year.
A tree left to itself knows better how to grow.“
Masanobu Fukuoka
