Hello Lisa. 

I was walking through my garden this week, looking at a bed I've replanted probably four times now and took a deep breath. Even after all these years, I still second-guess myself.

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It made me think about how much of this work happens in private. The stuck moments. The decisions you make alone in your garden or at your desk, with no one to bounce them off of.

I think a lot about how different this work can feel depending on where you're doing it from.

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Maybe you're working through your first few real projects and something keeps tripping you up... and you're not sure if it's a skill gap or just inexperience talking.

Maybe you've got the design eye but the business side feels like a fog. Pricing, scope, client conversations... all the things nobody taught you in any course.

Maybe it's something quieter than either of those. A specific moment in your process where you stall every single time, and you've never quite named it out loud.

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I don't know which one is true for you...which is why I'm sharing this note with you today.

I'd love to know, specifically, what's challenging for you right now in your garden design work? Not in general...not "design is challenging"...but the actual, particular thing that's been sitting with you lately. Click the button below to share.

I read every single one, and they genuinely shape what I write and teach next...so whatever you share doesn't just stay with me, it ends up helping someone else who's stuck on the exact same thing. 

Here's to naming the quiet stuff...and figuring it out together.

From the studio + garden,

Lisa

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