“My other worries just… diminish.” Gwyneth Paltrow welcomes Vogue into her serene Naragansett home and lush gardens. Alongside her best friend, Gaucho, she spends quiet moments among the greenery, picking fresh fruits and herbs to cook with later in her kitchen. The actor, Goop founder and British Vogue cover star reflects on how growing her own food has nurtured her sense of wellbeing, and shares gentle advice for anyone hoping to start their own garden.
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[waves lapping]
[calm music] [birds chirping]
[calm music continues] [machine buzzing] – Sorry about this construction
that we have next door. It’s, like, totally ruining
our reverie in the garden. We are in the mini apple
orchard at my house in Amagansett on Long Island. [waves lapping] We’ve had this house for
coming up on 20 years. I think, really, when I got this house is when I started
planting a kitchen garden. We planted all of these apple trees. We have a peach tree over there. And then over the years, I’ve experimented with
planting different things in the vegetable garden. I really started gardening
much later in life. I’m a New York City kid, so we didn’t grow up really
with any access to gardening. And I feel like I used to really not have a green thumb at all, and I didn’t really understand
very much about soil and gardening and how everything went. I’ve had many moments
where I’ve killed things, especially potted plants, you know, over-watering them, under-watering them. [birds chirping] I started really getting the inspiration because of our food systems
and learning about how, up until basically the
end of World War II, Americans all had a kitchen garden. You know, many, many households
grew their own fruits and vegetables and had their own chickens, and the population was
so much healthier then. And I really started
to understand the link between kind of this
industrial food complex that we have in America and how unwell we’ve become as a nation. And I don’t know, there’s
just something so satisfying and so grounding about
being in your own garden where you’ve planted something and then you’re sharing it
with people that you love. It’s just this beautiful
circle that gets completed. I think it’s dual wellness aspects. [bird chirping] All righty. [bird chirping]
[gentle music] See? Hi, bud. See, the tomatoes are coming. Whenever I go into the garden, I always kind of have
that moment of, like, awe. Like I feel so lucky that
I actually have a garden that’s full of vegetables, and I think it’s probably part of my day where I feel the most humble in a way. Like just how awe-inspiring
nature is that it can produce all these beautiful things for us to eat. And I always feel an
incredible sense of calm, like there’s just something
about being in there foraging, harvesting your dinner or
your breakfast or lunch or whatever the case may be. And it’s where I always feel the happiest. [birds chirping]
[gentle music continues] That’s Gaucho. He’s my best friend. [gentle music continues] This is, like, lamb’s ear kind of lettuce and then this is a kind
of romaine over here. It’s a little early for the eggplants, but all the peppers are coming. Gotta be careful with
these guys that are spiky. They’re beautiful. [scissor snips] Well, planting season is over, but now, it’s at beautiful time where things are really coming ripe, so the zucchinis are
looking really beautiful and the lettuces and, of
course, all the herbs, which go all summer long. There’s a real bounty in there right now. Take a jalapeno. [sniffs] Mm, that’s gonna be good. [jalapeno crunches] Mm-hmm. Spicy. Oh, he’s such a good dog. Yeah, stretch it out. Stretch it out. Yes. Oh, boy, who’s here? You can start barking. Gaucho. Gaucho. Oh, boy, there he goes. Okay. I’m a person who really
loves to be in nature. I always feel like my nervous system down regulates a little bit. If I’ve got the sky and the green, it’s just this immediate,
like, calming force. [birds chirping] You know, you can take two sage leaves, put a little anchovy in the middle, dip it in batter and fry it, and it’s, like, the most
delicious thing of all time. Okay, I gotta deal with this lettuce. This is terrible! I was gone for a week and
all my lettuce is bolted. Oh, bolting, it’s when it sort
of starts to shoot upwards and then it gets quite bitter. So, you’re supposed to cut it
before it starts bolting up. See, it’s… Really bitter. So, gotta deadhead it. It’s okay, it’ll be good for my compost. [leaves rustling] This is less of a
wellness visit than usual because I was very upset to
find my lettuce so bolted. But, you know, sometimes
in the pursuit of peace, you’re served obstacles and, you know, it’s all in how you
deal with the obstacles. So, it actually is fortuitous. And the next time you come, I’m gonna have perfectly
succulent lettuce ready to pick. [birds chirping]
[soft music] I would recommend gardening,
even if, you know, you have just, like, window boxes, really because it’s something
that anybody can do, and the result, like the ROI, the return on investment is so incredible. It’s like you put seeds in some
good soil and you water it, put it in the sun, and you start to get this beautiful kind of
reward from the soil. Again, I just think it’s
a very grounding practice. I really feel like my other worries kind of just diminish, you know? It’s like the volume gets turned down on the other worries in my life. And anything that I do that
keeps me connected to nature, I think, always pulls me out
of any complicated situation and more into the present. [birds chirping]
[calm music]
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The historical intro was interesting, even though I agree with the others that most probably she never actually does any gardening there.
It's so elegant and classy and Gwyn makes it such a dream!
It's so Anne Bass ❤
Love this. sad to see a bunch of negative comments about uncredited landscapers. If she had hired help they wouldn't have allowed the lettuce to bolt lol.
Where are the gardeners ?
love
I like Long Island❣
She is still Peper for me….🤌🥀😩🫴
Harvey Weinstein was in her garden too. 🤫
She is so awful.
if i had her money i would get rid of grass and replace with moss, herb lawn, sedums etc
Great article. Have you read Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton? That book was written to be an amazing screenplay about NYC organic food. You could really see her playing the female lead as an up and coming organic restaurant owner. Or Scarlett Johansen? Need an Italian male lead to play opposite. Maybe nothing. Just a thought.
She is so wildly hot and seeing her garden make it even better. I've been gardening for four years and it truly saved my mental health and changed what I want to pursue in life. When you get connected to the plants and pollinators, you realize what really matters. What is worth fighting for and how much of a difference you can make in a small space. <3
The bio should say Amagansett (NY), not Naragansett (RI).
I hate it when people are rude and judgemental about Gwen – she's such an icon and trailblazer, and everyone is jealous to see a woman who's open about trying to be happy and well via whatever way they want, without being bogged down by the negative judgementalness of broader society – who generally hate to see a woman trying to live her best life.
I think it is in Amagansett NY, not Naragansett RI – love the garden boots ❤
I dream of having a garden one day in my future Martha Stewart era ❤❤
Beautiful garden – that orchard is a dream!
I love gardening and interior design but I'm sorry to say i just can't bare the American squawky accent to the point of having to turn it off. My problem I know, but there you have it.
she's never spent one minute in that garden… lololol.
Total meghan markle troll. Lmaoooo.
Such a shameless display of wealth. So many families are struggling….
I would be barefoot in that beautiful garden ! Gwen is amazing. We love you!
She is very fake
I love all og yours posts Gwyneth. Thank you for sharing.