My name is Christine Richter, and I'm 33 years old. Nature has always been a big part of my life. As a child, I collected flowers and leaves to preserve their beauty and pressed them into my mother's cookbooks. Even today, she still gets in touch to tell me that she's found another flower between the pages.

My love for nature has always been a great driving force for me and is a central part of why I chose to start my company. I feel that we humans have become increasingly disconnected – both from ourselves and from nature. Through my craft, I want to inspire playfulness, presence and appreciation for the beauty of simplicity. But above all, I want to inspire us to reconnect with nature and thereby find home within ourselves.

In my early 20s, I lost myself and my connection with nature. The road back was both long and painful, but through it all, nature was there – as a safety net, a place where I always felt held and at home. Borrowed Gardens was born during a time of sick leave, and today one of my biggest goals is to share the deep love I feel for nature and spread it as far as possible. I am so grateful that you, who are reading this, have found your way here and I am so looking forward to sharing my journey with you.