Journal · Series 1
7 posts · Apr – May 2026 · Cross-posted from LinkedIn
Moving to Melbourne meant more than learning new plants. The instincts needed recalibrating — not wrong, just built for somewhere else.
Read post →Melbourne summer isn't peak — it's stress. Winter isn't dormant — it's the best time to plant.
03Connecticut had a plant language I understood. Melbourne is still teaching me its own.
04Granite and bluestone aren't the same in Melbourne as they are in Connecticut. Neither are the details.
05In Melbourne, water isn't something you manage later. It's the framework everything else sits within.
06What looks finished in Connecticut can feel out of place in Melbourne — and that's not a failure of design.
07At some point, I stopped comparing. Comparison assumes a shared baseline — and there isn't one.