7 Super Positive Effects of Gardening

Did you know that historians have estimated that the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon would have used 31,040 liters of water a day to water the plants? I wonder how big their “water budget” was. What’s more, a Greek historian Diodorus Siculus described the most mysterious of the seven wonders of the Ancient World as being 121 meters wide by 121 meters long, with walls reaching the height of 24 meters.

Often referred to as one of the greatest engineering achievements in human history, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were definitely not a piece of cake in terms of maintaining. Assuming that you would like to grow and maintain a bit smaller garden than that, you may want to take a look at these 7 super positive effects of gardening.

Super Positive Effects of Gardening

Your Health Needs a Garden

Various studies have showed the unambiguous connection betweengardening and human health and wellbeing. A logical result, isn’t it? The fact that gardeners are happier than non-gardeners was also confirmed by a research published in Gardeners’ World magazine. According to this survey, 80 percent of gardeners consider themselves as “happy people” in comparison to 76 percent of non-gardeners.

Gardening as a Natural Therapy: Relax Your Mind and Body

From the dawn of mankind, people have been trying to unite with nature and cosmos. Deep down inside, I feel that nature is where people should look for peace and relaxation. I don’t know how you feel about this, but my experience tells me that gardening works as a great natural therapy. Gardening allows me to completely relax my mind and body in a surprisingly easy way.

Use Gardening to Strengthen Your Family Bonds

We all live in a modern age. In spite of its technological and communication advantages, the modern era has brought to us some serious family problems. Modern families suffer for increased working hours. That implicates lack of free time for a family gathering. This creates stress and anxiety. It may sound odd, but I found that gardening is a way to strengthen relationshipsin your family. I believe that every opportunity for spending more time with your family members is worth fighting for. My advice is to give it a go with gardening. It does wonders in my case.

Understanding the Cycle of Nature: Gardening is the Way

Life on our beautiful planet has thought us that the cycle of nature goes in circles. Including seasons and climate conditions, nature has set a very simple set of rules. In nature all substances move in circles. If you would like to understand the cycle of nature, gardening is the way. I see gardening as a small model of nature.

Organic Gardening Increases Your Healthy Food Consumption

There hasn’t been a day that I don’t read or hear how important it is to consume healthy food. And I agree. However, it is not as simple as it appears to be. The food market is flooded with conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, not to mention mega dangerous, harmful GMOs. In the light of these threats, it seems to me that the only way to increase your healthyfood consumption is to start growing your own organic food.     

Enjoy True Flavours of Your Own Grown Foods

Do you like tomatoes? I simply adore them. They are my favourite organic food. What I like most about eating them is that aromatic, juicy and tasty flavour. GMO and conventionally grown tomatoes don’t have the same taste like organic do. I am positive that you know what I’m talking about. If you want to learn more, I recommend that you check out some useful tips of mine on how to enjoytrue flavors of your own grown foods. There’s nothing better than a wonderful experience of consuming food that tastes like food.

Grow Your Own Organic Food and Make Your Wallet Happy

Naturally, one of the most frequently asked questions I get about organics is how expensive is to grow organic food. The truth is that homemade organic foods come cheaper compared to their store-bought counterparts. Following this thought, it’s clear that growing your own organic food willmake your wallet very happy. Read more about these 7 fabulous & super positive effects of gardening in my daily posts.

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