Veronica Flores describes taking up gardening to manage anger, anxiety, and distrust, arguing that tending plants forces presence, patience, and daily attention. Using a neglected passion fruit seedling as a through-line, she critiques instant-gratification culture and presents the garden as a space for experimentation, play, and reframing failure as learning.
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