02/21/2026
We haven’t planted anything yet on this land. We start by observing. We’re still waiting for rain to show us how water moves across this site, so instead of designing, we began walking. Slowly. Picking up what didn’t belong.
And as we cleared trash, a story started to unfold.
There were clothes that looked like they had been discarded after someone passed. Plastic bottles that hinted at what the people who worked here once drank. A heavy piece of iron that feels like it’s been around for decades. A bottle of paraquat, which tells us chemicals were used on this soil. A ceremonial bottle that carries its own kind of meaning. Old sneakers that makes you wonder if kids once ran through this space.
You can learn a lot about land by what it holds onto.
Before we talk about regeneration, we have to understand what happened here. What was taken. What was used. What was left behind.
So we clean. We pay attention. We let the land speak before we decide how to move forward with it. Always with intention.
