<![CDATA[The Hummingbird Nest: The Garden]]>https://www.thehummingbirdnest.ca/s/the-gardenhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TUGt!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb0993f7f-ec53-44ae-8c68-ebccf4818519_1080x1080.pngThe Hummingbird Nest: The Gardenhttps://www.thehummingbirdnest.ca/s/the-gardenSubstackSat, 09 May 2026 04:14:11 GMT<![CDATA[A Letter from the Garden]]>https://www.thehummingbirdnest.ca/p/a-letter-from-the-gardenhttps://www.thehummingbirdnest.ca/p/a-letter-from-the-gardenFri, 08 May 2026 13:51:10 GMTHello!

Early May, while the garden is still new.

a letter from the Garden —

The garden has just been planted.

The lavender is still young, the roses not yet climbing, the chamomile just beginning to soften the edges of the path. I have been out here in the early mornings, tucking things into the earth, wondering what will bloom and when. There is something so hopeful about planting before you can see what will grow. It asks you to trust what isn’t visible yet.

That is what I am doing here, in everything I am building. Planting.

The Hummingbird Nest is new ground. The paths are being laid, the spaces are taking shape, and everything is a little tender the way new things are. But the garden is open. And I wanted you to be the first one in.

The garden is the place I built for stillness. Not the kind of stillness that asks you to empty yourself or get very serious about breathing. The kind that simply invites you to stop moving for a little while. To sit down. To let the morning be enough.

It is the first place I come each day when I need to remember who I am beneath the noise. I think it might become that for you too.

I have recorded something for you. A short meditation to walk you in through the meadow and bring you all the way to the garden bench. Pour yourself something warm, find a quiet few minutes, close your eyes, and let me take you there.

Warmly, Kathy

A little of what’s ahead in the garden

In the weeks to come, I’ll be adding stillness practices, meditations and journaling prompts to help you find your way back to yourself whenever you need it. Consider this your first taste.

Warmly,
Kathy

A little about me

Hi, I’m Kathy. A guide, a gatherer, a maker of sacred space, and a woman who found her way home to herself after years of putting everyone else first.

For years, I wore many hats at once. Single parent, community manager in a role I was promoted into before I believed I deserved it, event organizer. And later, a family caregiver. Learning all over again how to give without losing yourself in the giving. Caring for everyone, in every direction, all at the same time. What I had to learn, slowly and imperfectly, was that I mattered too. What I found on the other side of that, through stillness, creativity, and the women who gathered around my table, became everything I now offer.

There’s a place at the table with your name on it.

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