Among Flowers: A Walk in the Himalaya

This travelogue about Jamaica Kincaid’s Nepal trek with Daniel Hinkley, searching for seeds to introduce to American gardens, is written from Kincaid’s experience as a neophyte mountaineer. Her focus is on finding seeds she can use in her home garden in Vermont. When she at last succeeds, the reader can share her excitement. She also makes very clear the challenges of this trip for her. She details extreme temperature changes, distances trudged up and down, scary foot bridges crossed, leeches removed. This was not an easy adventure. Throughout, however, she makes clear the struggles were worth it, and she would do it again.

Published in the August 2017 Leaflet, vol. 4, issue 8