While tending my garden recently, pulling weeds and deadheading flowers on a quiet afternoon, I found myself thinking about monuments. Living in West Belfast, monuments are never far from our minds. Murals, memorials, statues, plaques and commemorative gardens all tell stories of people, struggles and events that have shaped our community. They stand as reminders of our history and identity. Yet, as I worked among the flowers, I began to wonder whether nature teaches us something that monuments cannot.
