Garden Therapy

December 16th, 2009

Find Peace in a garden..

Find Peace in a garden..

There is not many problems that an hour or two pottering in the garden won’t at least put into perspective. Often I will nip out into the garden for just ten minutes and find suddenly that several hours have passed, the kids have not been fed and the day has disapeared. Whoops! I find that gardening is one of the best antidotes to stress there is.  Gardens and gardening counter stress in a number of ways. Just being in a garden or green space reduces stress levels.

Quiet times with Waddles

Quiet times with Waddles

The act of gardening itself is very beneficial too. First, it is physical activity, something that many of us who spend our lives at desks or slumped in front of the television badly need. Most of us live our lives at breakneck pace. The Internet means that much of our working lives happens in a heartbeat, we can do the shopping a 3 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon (just as well for me) but there is practically no down time any more.  -But there is in gardening. Gardening slows us down to the pace of life as we were meant to live it. Gardening works in its own time frame, it will teach you patience.
Gardening brings you directly back into contact with the yearly cycle – it  really is one of the only activities in this modern world that still does. When you garden you will notice the subtle seasonal changes – the buds beginning to swell, the first leaves turning colour – you cannot but be aware of the cycle of life.

Being with nature heals and sooths

Being with nature heals and sooths

Gardening is essentially an optimistic activity. When you plant a seed you are investing in the future. Gardening also gives you endless second chances. Ok, so something didn’t work quite as well as you had hoped, learn from it and move on. I find gardening to be very creative. I can’t paint or draw but in the garden I can create something visually beautiful. Or at least beautiful to me.
Growing plants also offers a relationship with something living, an opportunity to be nurturing, to feel needed. There is also an immense satisfaction to be had from  seeing seeds that you have sown germinate and grow into plants. It is a sort of validation, it gives you a real lift.

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So if you are feeling stressed out try a little garden therapy.

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15 Responses to “Garden Therapy”

  1. Wands at Tomato Plants Says:
    April 26th, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    Great stuff. Perhaps a little off topic, but would you mind if I write something about this on my tomato plant blog? I will of course, cite original source and link back to your page.

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    May 19th, 2010 at 5:15 am

    Hey, good post…I am absolute avid gardener, I love any kind of gardening news or tips I can get my hands on. thanks Adam

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