”The Secret World of Nature”

 We, and the uncontrollable nature, are part of the circle of life, in which growth and decay coexist. Tuomi has photographed the lives of her family for 30 years; as her children grew into adulthood and as her parents journeyed towards old age.

As a photographer and a gardener, she wishes to portray how the garden offers humans a space to nurture nature, and ourselves, through its seasons and growth. Tuomi tends to her mother’s old gardens in Finland, where colourful flowers bloom, berries ripen and plants wither.

When she started to take portraits in their family garden, Tuomi was interested in what was happening to the environment, and how the climate crisis is changing our way of living and relationship with nature. Tuomi believes that when we garden, we plant seeds of connection, and that through our gardens, we can build spaces where different species can thrive, humans alongside them, creating bonds that are necessary for life.