Share the garden.
send a link, share via text, or have them scan.
Dig Deep. Grow Close.
Give yourself 10 minutes - still - with you.
breathe for 2 minutes (inhale then exhale), reflect for 7 and give 1 to share.
Tend honestly. The flowers we hand each other are often the ones planted in the dark, hoping someone else does too.
Plant a seed.
your answers join this week's garden — readable by anyone with the link. how the flowers find people you haven't met yet.
Wander. Click anything that grows.
click a flower. learn what was planted.
Plant your own.
the garden grows when we feel comfortable sitting still together.
How Loam bloomed...
Last week i went on a cruise with Summit Series — my first Summit. i brought 24 buildable, lego-type flowers intending to promo my music project but the flower's story quickly took precedence.
at random i asked, 'would you like a flower?' of course the answer was yes and their eyes lit up at the array of photos in front of them.
but when they realized their options were indeterminable small pieces they had to build themselves (potentially influenced by this being in a club at 3AM), they looked for an out.
i reminded them that tomorrow exists, and in fact may be a good time to have something to sit with while they digest and reflect on the weekend. when they were finished, they'd have a personal memento from the trip containing all the seeds they've planted and a reminder to tend and grow the garden.
i left them with a clipping from my own plot — always remember to buy your friends flowers.
i haven't been able to stop thinking of the light in those interactions (thank you to all who participated) nor to knock the need to amplify it further.
Thus, Loam — a fertile, nutrient dense foundation. rich enough to sustain the legacies of life while aerated enough to allow free exchange.
Watered weekly on Friday afternoon, exactly when catching the real you between the professional and partier or parent matters most. Give yourself the 10 minutes, that's all it takes.
Share anonymously or not, publicly or privately. This practice is intended to bring us closer to ourselves, closer to each other, to those we love, those we don't know, to different generations and to different norms.
Historically, loam is used in building construction and foundry work to create molds and cast metal. i encourage you to experiment with building bridges.
There's no need to sign up to visit the garden. There's no notifications, only intentional presence. If you'd like to reflect weekly with Loam, i will send you new seeds every Friday :)
— Kay
Grow out of your inbox.
a new link, a new garden, every Friday afternoon. plus an invite to the Discord if you want to talk about what's growing.
past gardens, dormant but alive.
every week's seeds wait here, ready to be revisited. the same privacies hold — private plots stay private; passwords still apply.
Plant this week's seeds.
the bulbs only grow if today's garden does too.
A garden only your circle can see. Send the link to your group chat — anything anyone plants stays inside.
a few rules: lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. each name has to be unique.
if set, anyone with the link will need this password to enter. share it with your friends through a separate message.
Tend your garden weekly. New roots every Friday afternoon — exactly when catching the real you between the professional and partier or parent matters most — plus an invite to the Discord if you want to talk about what's growing.
Type the name of a plot you're looking for. We'll take you there — if it has a password, you'll be asked next.
A friend shared this with you. Enter the password they gave you to step into the garden.
send a link, share via text, or have them scan.
where would you like to replant these seeds?
type a plot name. if it exists, you'll need its password. if not, we'll create a new plot for you.
searching as you type...
required if joining an existing protected plot.
everything you've planted on this device, newest first. stored locally — nothing sent anywhere.