Portland Love: Horticulture Heroes.

This is my dear friend, Shara.​

She is a hero. A mother. A passionate community member.​

She is a plant whisperer. She is patient and loving, and embraces unpredictable moments. ​

She is an adventurer who makes others around her feel stable and secure. She is a paradox. ​

She is so much more than this, but I don't want to limit her potential by attempting to fully describe her. All I know, is that she is a hero and when I am near her, I feel more connected to the city, the dirt beneath my feet, and to the stars.​

The photograph below is of her standing before a perpetually evolving project, the wonderland that is the plant life around her house. As for the photograph within the photograph, that is of Shara almost 20 years ago, standing in the same spot. ​

​Shara, then and now.