Opinion: ‘A garden is the remedy to the human condition’
Flowers bloom at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens in March 2026. (Courtesy Ron Maxey)
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Ron Maxey
Ron Maxey is a Memphis native with 45 years of journalism experience in the city and surrounding area.
“Gardening is a chance to connect with something basic, even primal. It’s dirty work, literally, but it puts us in touch with the most fundamental elements of nature from which we all came and depend on for sustenance, beauty and sensory pleasure.”
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