-Gardens Everywhere! Children and Plants Grow…

by | May 7, 2022

Somehow the magic of springtime never fades. And little is more precious than when the sprouting of tenderly planted seeds complements the sweet growth of small children. In March, Nik Mohammad and Hedayat began working with the children in creating gardens at the...

-GoF Staff Reaches the Neediest in Kabul

by | May 7, 2022

Afghanistan is less and less in the news these days. But the need for food and support has not diminished, and poor families abound. The banking situation has not made it easy, as there continue to be drastic restrictions on cash withdrawals. But the Garden of Flowers...

-An Ordinary Yet Magical Four Months at the Garden of Flowers-

by | Apr 3, 2022

You might remember that the Garden of Flowers reopened in November 2021, 4 months after the Taliban took over. In those 4 months, the fantastic team of the Garden of Flowers Montessori Preschool cultivated a community of 18 beautiful children from the neighborhood....

-Celebrating the Light of the Solstice at the GoF

by | Dec 24, 2021

The Persianate world, including Afghanistan, celebrates the winter solstice as an ancient recognition of the victory of light over darkness. In Afghanistan, this night is called Shab-e-Chelleh  (or Shab-e-Yalda). In the old days, people stayed up the whole night...

-Children Settling In at the Reopened Garden of Flowers-

by | Nov 21, 2021

The new Garden of Flowers has been open for almost 3 weeks now, and to see the pictures and hear of the stories of children is almost as though nothing ever happened, like the Taliban were a bad dream… Of course it’s not a dream; they are still there. But...