A 12-month membership from ReGrounded
A flawless suburban garden with lawn and roses.
A few pots on a balcony.
A scrappy inherited patch you’re still figuring out.
A wild corner you mostly ignore but nonetheless enjoy.
Regardless, somewhere along the way, you started gardening because you felt drawn to it.
But have you considered what types of meaning, connection and relationship you're growing, alongside the shrubs and greenery you've planted?
You water. You prune. You pull. You plant. You tidy.
And repeat.
And then... slowly, almost invisibly, gardening shifts from relationship to responsibility.
But you know, deep down, that there is something deeper available in soil.
You feel it when you kneel down.
When you notice a new bud.
When you catch the scent of something blooming at dusk.
As someone with a PhD in Environmental Ethics, I’ve spent years thinking about how humans relate to the natural world.
Belonging. Embeddedness. Reciprocity. Kinship.
Big ideas.
But at home, in my own garden, I sometimes found myself treating plants like tasks.
Water. Trim. Train. Replace.
And one day I realised: I was still relating to my garden as a resource.
But I wanted it to feel relational.
That shift is what Growing Meaning is built around.
Imagine your garden becoming:
A rhythm marker.
A seasonal teacher.
A quiet companion.
Not just something you maintain.
Something you belong to.
Growing Meaning is a 12-month membership for anyone who tends a patch of earth - however large or small - and senses there is more depth available.
This is not a technical gardening course. It is a 12-month guided re-orientation.
It will not teach you pruning systems, planting schedules or fertiliser ratios etc.
Instead, it guides you through a year of shifting how you relate to things like:
Soil
Growth
Decay
Season
Place
Care
It takes you from resource to relationship.
Over the year, we move through three deep but quiet shifts:
From resource → to reciprocity.
You stop extracting and start collaborating.
You begin to see your garden as a web of interdependence.
From control → to living inside natural limits.
You learn to feel seasonality again.
To experience cyclical time instead of constant productivity time.
You stop trying to force permanence.
From observer → to belonging.
The garden becomes identity-forming.
You develop memory in soil.
You begin to understand place, not abstract “nature.”
You recognise kinship rather than distance.
For each of the 12 months of the membership, you receive:
• One live presentation and discussion session (40–45 minutes)
• Replay access (available until the end of the membership year)
• A structured lesson added to your private member library and an optional PDF to go through
• Gentle reflection prompts to keep you inspired
Just depth, layered slowly & doably.
You already garden, even imperfectly.
You sense the soil is teaching you something.
You’re tired of relating to nature as a resource alone.
You want to gain more meaning and fulfilment from something you're already doing anyway.
It is not for you if:
You want a technical horticulture course.
You’re primarily focused on maximising yield.
You see gardening purely as landscaping.
That’s less than a weekly takeaway.
Less than a few extra plants from the nursery.
For a full year of layered formation.
I'm Jess, mom of 3 with a PhD in Environmental Ethics.
As an environmental philosopher, I spent over a decade considering how people can live in greater connection with nature (I published, lectured and even presented on this internationally).
Because this is the very first year of Growing Meaning, those who join now will have their membership price locked in for life.
As the programme grows and evolves, pricing will likely shift to reflect its full value.
But founding members won’t be affected.
This is my way of honouring those who step in early and help shape what Growing Meaning becomes.
As part of the refund process, you’ll be asked to submit the completed reflection PDFs from the first two sessions, demonstrating that you’ve meaningfully engaged with the material. Refund requests will then be reviewed accordingly.
After the initial two-month period, the remaining ten months of the membership are non-refundable.
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"A compelling message that is delivered with great skill, rooted in a wealth of knowledge and with deep authenticity."
"The perfect blend of credible and conversational. Jess has all the clout to compel her audiences to pay attention and all the warmth to make them want to."
"Informative and inspiring in equal measure."
Not at all.
This isn’t about technical skill or doing everything “right.” It’s about shifting how you relate to whatever patch of earth you already tend - whether that’s a sprawling garden, a lawn with stubborn weeds, or a few pots on a balcony.
You don’t need expertise.
You just need a willingness to notice.
Not much! There is one live session per month (40–45 minutes), with replay available. And a monthly optional PDF to go through.
You’ll also receive gentle reminder prompts to help you integrate the ideas into everyday life. But no heavy homework!
This is about deepening what you’re already doing - not adding more.
If within the first two months you feel Growing Meaning isn’t the right fit, you may request a full refund of all amounts paid.
As part of the refund process, you’ll be asked to submit the completed reflection PDFs from the first two sessions and requests will then be granted accordingly.
After the initial two-month period, the remaining ten months of the membership are non-refundable.
You can’t! There’s nothing to keep up with.
Each session is recorded (and available till the end of the membership year), and Growing Meaning is designed to layer slowly over time, not demand constant output. If a month feels full, you simply return when you’re ready.
This is about steady formation, not perfect participation.
No. Growing Meaning is grounded in environmental ethics and relational worldviews, but it is not tied to any religion or belief system.
It’s about belonging, gratitude and relationship - ideas that can sit comfortably within many different traditions.
Let's deepen what you're already doing.