Sara Hussein Wrote About How Gardening Helped Her Writing Process

by | May 14, 2025

For her Substack newsletter, The Writer’s Room, Sara Hussein wrote about how gardening helped her writing process. In the essay, she writes about how a visit to Azahara, Spain helped inspire her. 

She writes, “I didn’t go to Azahara to find clarity about my writing, but I found it anyway in the quiet rhythm of tending to something outside of myself. I left with no grand epiphany, just a deeper trust in the process. Writing, like gardening, is a slow and sacred labor. And sometimes, simply showing up is enough.” 

 

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