Wild about the garden: inside photographer Siân Davey’s sanctuary

‘In the garden the heart finds a place.’ All images by Siân Davey. Photograph: Siân Davey

The photographer Siân Davey was “navigating a family deep in crisis” when her son Luke suggested that they transform a neglected garden outside her rented cottage into a wildflower sanctuary that would draw people in. “And, without any ambition, something in me said a resounding yes,” she says. Together, they set about clearing the plot, researching local flowers and sowing them according to the rituals of a Buddhist faith they both share.