Episode 109: Melissa Gonzalez – Sacred gardening for pollinators and people

‘You observing nature is so beneficial to your own health’
- Melissa Gonzalez

Melissa is a landscape contractor with a passion for desert plants and pollinators. Melissa is always alert to 'breadcrumbs from the universe'; signs showing the way, reminding her to pay attention to nature and teaching her how to be a better designer for pollinators and people.

Listen to hear more about:

• The influence of family on Melissa’s connection with nature.

• Sacred gardening and what the means for Melissa.

• How nature journaling feeds back into Melissa’s work as a Landscape Contractor.

• The intergenerational garden collaboration within Melissa’s home garden.

• The Mojave Desert landscape and the plants that inspire Melissa’s garden designs.

• Factors that Melissa considers when creating a desert-inspired garden design.

• The importance of pollinators.

• Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve and its significance for Melissa.

• How Melissa moves through feelings of perfectionism that can hold her back.

• Teaching her first nature journaling workshop.
  
  

You can find Melissa on Instagram @gardensbymelissa and on her website Earth Green Landscapes.

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