THE BOOK
What if the life you're longing for is trying to find you?
The Home Tree traces one woman's search for home across landscapes both inner and outer.
As a little girl growing up in a grey city, Lucy dreams of colour, beauty and a deeper connection with the natural world. One day, while fishing beside the River Thames, a flock of jewel-toned parakeets flashes across the sky, shattering the ordinary and awakening a question that will shape her life:
Can her own path be as vivid and untamed as those birds?
Adulthood carries Lucy onto a more conventional path, further from the wild beauty she once imagined. But the call never quite disappears.
Guided by unexpected encounters, moments of wonder, and mentors both real and mythical, she begins to follow the thread of a different story.
Her journey takes her across oceans and through the difficult lessons of love, loss and self-discovery, until at last she puts down roots beneath the vast canopy of a Guanacaste tree she comes to call home.
Part nature memoir, part mythic quest, The Home Tree is a lyrical exploration of belonging—and of what becomes possible when we learn to trust the deeper currents shaping our lives.
The Home Tree Herself
The Home Tree is real
In southern Nicaragua, beneath the canopy of an enormous Guanacaste tree (the Home Tree), Lucy built her home and an off-grid farm.
Over time, this tree became more than a landmark. It became a place to return to, to write beneath, to seek refuge, to listen and find wild peace.
Apothefinca is where The Home Tree began—and where its story continues.
WHAT KIND OF BOOK IS THE HOME TREE?
Part memoir. Part mythic quest. A story of finding home.
NATURE
A life shaped by landscapes, plants, animals and the pull of wild places.
MYTH & FOLKLORE
A journey accompanied by unexpected teachers, old stories and mysterious encounters.
BELONGING
A woman's search for a place—and a way of living—that feels truly her own.
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?
For readers who have ever wondered...
Is this really the life I want?
What happens if I follow the thing I can't quite explain?
Where is home?
What have I left behind?
What might become possible if I took my own longings seriously?
The Home Tree may be for you.
Meet Lucy
Lucy Lowes Paget is a writer, speaker and retreat host whose work explores belonging, creativity and our relationship with the living world.
After years working as an osteopath and movement teacher, Lucy followed a long-standing pull toward a different kind of life. She moved from Canada to Nicaragua, where she created Apothefinca, an off-grid organic farm and writing retreat where the canopy of a great Guanacaste tree shelters those who come to it.
That tree became the inspiration for The Home Tree.
Lucy now divides her time between writing, speaking and welcoming people to Apothefinca to rest, create and write beneath the Home Tree.