A coastal cottage garden, edited with a city girl’s eye
Gardening, design, and seasonal living in real time, mistakes and all
I grew up in coastal New England and spent years in the fashion closets of New York working in visual storytelling, learning how proportion, restraint, and seasonal rhythm shape everything we love.
Parsley & Petal is where that sensibility meets the garden.
Not sure where to start right now?Start with The Seasonal Edit
a garden checklist
The Seasonal Edit is a recurring garden checklist of what’s emerging, what can wait, and what deserves attention now.
Practical tasks. Clear structure.
Timed to the season as it unfolds.
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Plant Spotlight
Closely observed plant profiles, growing notes, and seasonal favorites.
Tools I Reach For
These aren’t pristine. They’re the ones I reach for.
A short list of what I actually use, with notes.
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From the Garden
Practical guidance, garden lessons and seasonal decisions from life in the garden.
From the Journal
Observations, stories, and the quieter rituals that make the garden a home. A collection of family traditions, unexpected connections, and the stories that grow alongside the garden.
About the GardenParsley & Petal follows the evolution of a coastal New England garden — sharing what works, what doesn’t, and what quietly takes root.
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The Test Garden: The Great Untangling
Gently teasing apart roots, deciding what would stay, what would be given away, and what had truly earned a place in the garden.
The Test Garden — One Month In: What Grew (and What Didn’t)
The trays have finally stopped looking like scattered seedlings and started revealing their personalities.
Test Garden — Week 2: What’s Coming Up (and What Isn’t Yet)
There’s a point, about a week in, when the trays stop making sense. Some seedlings are already reaching for the light. Others look the same as the day you planted them.
Test Garden — Week 1: Starting from Seed (Late March Notes)
A first look at the Test Garden — what I’m growing from seed, the setup, and what’s starting to take shape.
The Test Garden: A Season of Growing from Seed
Follow a real-time Test Garden growing flowers and vegetables from seed in a coastal New England garden. See what germinates, what struggles, and what’s worth repeating.