Grief can leave you feeling completely untethered, from yourself, from your life, and from your sense of purpose. In this episode, landscape designer, entrepreneur, and podcast host Heather Jerrard shares how nature, gardening, and getting your hands in the soil can be one of the most powerful and accessible tools for healing after loss.

Heather opens up about her own experience of disenfranchised grief, the loss of her job, her identity, and everything she had worked toward and how that unexpected loss eventually became the catalyst for building something entirely her own. She also talks about memorial gardens, the healing art of scattering gardens, the therapeutic benefits of grounding barefoot in the grass for just twenty minutes, and why speaking out loud to your loved one in the garden might be exactly what you need.

Plus: the story of Aunt Hattie, a fire opal ring that turned out to be citrine, and what it means to carry the best of someone with you after they are gone.

Guest Bio: "Heather owns and operates a Landscape Design firm out of London, Ontario – "My Landscape Artist" and also hosts the podcast "Hops and Hedges".

Her passion and enthusiasm for people and plants are undeniable!

She has studied Landscape Design at Fanshawe College, Garden History in Italy & Spain, worked at a design firm in Cairo, Egypt, lived in India, and volunteered in Haiti. She started her business during the pandemic in 2020 and hasn't looked back.

Now she teaches, designs, builds gardens, and speaks virtually/in person all over Ontario - and one day - the world!"

Connect with Heather:

• website: https://www.mylandscapeartist.ca/ i

• nsta:https://www.instagram.com/mylandscapeartist/

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