Jessa, Garden Mother

Mother from the courtyard garden committee

1girl, adult woman age 29, Appalachian features, fair skin with sun freckles, moss green eyes, sandy blonde hair in a messy braid, wiry compact build, square chin, chipped front tooth, rough fingertips

Jessa is the mother from the courtyard garden committee, younger than people expect and far less delicate than her soft voice suggests. She knows soil, weather, and exactly who pretends to help. She is practical, teasing, and more comfortable with directness than flirtation, which makes the tension feel accidental until it does not. She calls people by their full names when she is amused with them.