Art Of Gardening: A Painter's Garden With Anne Ngan

Gardening on Hornby Island has always been a big part of peoples' lives and the culture of being in nature. From ornamental gardens to food forests, Hornby residents do it all. They also love sharing the joy their garden brings which is why we decided to showcase a handful of gardens in 2021 as a response to access limitations due to COVID-19.
From Anne Ngan:
"When I was growing up my father tended a vegetable garden. As a kid I liked to play with mud and stones making rivers, dam and lakes. At eleven years old I tried to grow my own garden but wasn’t too successful, and I waited until I had left the big cities and moved to Hornby at age 27 to garden again. Most people were gardening here so it was easy to learn, and my dad had prepared me. I even had and still have a very old french gardening book from before the war that he gave me. I am an old woman now, and I learned a lot in so many years, trying various methods, and I am still experimenting and learning. I could say that by now I have learned to simplify and support nature to do as much as possible. I like to eat good food, so organic vegetables fresh from the garden are essential. I have flowers here and there, they help attract beneficial insects, their colours and shapes delight me and have inspired my painting. There are also fruit trees which are so beautiful when they bloom in the Spring and so abundant with fruits in Autumn. My back was acutely hurting last Spring and gardening was forbidden. One sunny day I went out with my little foam pad, knelt down on it, and started carefully to pull some little weeds. It gave me such an intense pleasure that I think my back benefited from it. Anyway that’s to tell that I still like to put my hands in the mud."
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Truly a wise and happy woman. Thank you for posting.

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What a lovely soul radiating from her spirit!

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Thankyou dear woman ❤

[@1Thedairy]

Oh how I identify with this lady as I am a gardener and an artist and like her sometimes I don’t know what I like best. I just feel blessed that I have two passionate hobbies where I can create a world of my own. I also enjoy a walk around my garden first thing in the morning with a cup of coffee to find out what surprises spring up through the soil. It’s joyful and positive and gives me hope for a better future.

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Accidentally I found Hornby Arts whilst surfing the webs. So appreciated for the videos, I really love them, the gardens, people, photographing and wisdom of life. Thank you very very much. I am a fan of.

[@TheMardi45]

Beautiful, reassuring, what life is. Made me feel alríght. As an Artist and a Gardner and getting older.

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That was beautiful to see, great filming and such a lovely person interviewed. Thank you.

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Many thanks!

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Beautiful life ❤️, beautiful nature and lovely lady

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Ann is so active and appears to be enjoying what she likes, gardening.

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Hello, watching here, nice share, have a great day, stay in touch

[@susangerofsky]

Lovely film! Anne is so thoughtful and such a spirited person- it’s delightful to hear her and see her garden.

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Another magnificent creation, Zsofin, with miraculous Anne. Bless & praise you in all ways🙏🏾🕯😍♥️

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Awesome story of a beautiful lady, wonderful gardening
love and respect

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Fabulous lady. 😍

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Lovely💚🍏🙆‍♂️🤌🪴