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Bennett: A Garden Cannot Grow Itself

A garden cannot flourish without love, labor and imagination. The effort put into it is what makes it thrive.

T’nette Kuzminski was a prodigious gardener, of plants and of people. Her love, labor and imagination brought “The Life of the Land” column into being three years ago. Her idea was to write about small family-run farms applying innovative agricultural practices to grow healthy food, and, importantly, affording the farmers a living—something difficult in today’s world of corporate agriculture.

Raised in Manhattan, T’nette fell in love twice in the arboretum while attending Smith College. She loved studying in the Botanic Garden, and she fell in love with Adrian Kuzminski, who visited the college and garden to study with her. Her agricultural and romantic interests bloomed there and continued throughout her life.