CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 4/5/2026

In this season of rejuvenation, a meditation on loss and revival

Featured spreads are from new release Still Life: A Photographer’s Journey Through Grief and Gardening, Jane Fulton Alt’s response to the sudden loss of her husband, whose garden she learned to tend from scratch as she moved through the stages of mourning. "I was never a gardener," she writes. "Then my husband died, leaving behind an extensive, newly planted native garden. His radical transformation of the green space around our home was stunning. He worked tirelessly and methodically as he pulled up our lawn and seeded a sanctuary. In the autumn of his life, he planted a garden for the future. I asked him one day, 'When you are gone, who is going to take care of these gardens?' He just looked at me and smiled. Little did I know these gardens were to be the greatest gift he could have given to me. The garden and the camera have been loyal and constant companions, a potent combination in adjusting to this new life. These photographs and thoughts represent the start of my journey."