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It's a story of vulnerability, persistence and the will to live. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once-luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth. Sue Stuart-Smith, author of The Well Gardened MindĪ gorgeously subtle memoir of depression, that intertwines in surprising and often uplifting ways with the healing power of nature. Kinchen skilfully weaves together her experiences as a mother and a gardener in this beautiful evocation of a journey through darkness into light. Praise for The Ballast Seed: A story of motherhood, of growing up and growing plants Interlaced with her responses to the travel journals of an eccentric 19th century female botanist and adventurer, Rosie elegantly describes how these pockets of nature amidst the urban sprawl provided just enough to mend her broken spirit. She found herself instinctively drawn to the local parks and scraps of communal green spaces in her local south east London neighbourhood, and to therapy via tending a hidden garden deep within the city. Terrified at the prospect of adding another child into her already precariously balanced life, Rosie was compelled to find a new way of living. The surprise of a second pregnancy, so soon after the birth of her first son, plunged Rosie into a despair that spiralled into deep depression. This is a memoir that will make you weep, then roll up your sleeves and plant the seeds of a new life.' Cal Flyn author of Islands of Abandonment

Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once - luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth. Interlaced with her responses to the travel journals of an eccentric 19th century female botanist and adventurer, Rosie elegantly describes how these pockets of nature amidst the urban sprawl provided just enough to mend her broken spirit.A beautiful memoir of unexpected pregnancy, of growing things and caring for plants, and how they return the favour. This is a memoir that will make you weep, then roll up your sleeves and plant the seeds of a new life.’ Cal Flyn author of Islands of Abandonment It’s a story of vulnerability, persistence and the will to live. Beautiful and sad and hopeful all at once – luminous and lush, full of dirt, darkness, sun light and soft new growth.