Uprooting

Confronted with the magical but demanding garden that comes with her new house, Marchelle is forced to reckon with the question of where home is when you are split in two. As she learns about the plants she encounters, she realises that these conflicting identities are inextricably linked. Uprooting is the unfolding of her journey to understand what it means to settle in a place in unsettling times.

Marchelle Farrell is a therapist, writer and amateur gardener. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she has spent the last twenty years attempting to become hardy in the UK. She has trained and worked as a consultant psychiatrist and psychotherapist. When not neglecting it for the care of her young children, or her work in the community, Marchelle spends much of her time getting to know her country garden in Somerset and writing about the things the garden teaches her about herself. Her debut Uprooting won the Nan Shepherd Prize. @afroliage | marchellefarrell.com