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Gardening for wellbeing, a beautiful beneficial boon
My opening photo for this post is a beautiful sunflower (Velvet Queen) in my garden with a bee. Gardening for wellbeing for me always includes some sunflowers. I always think that sunflowers are such a positive, happy flower to grow. Additionally, they are fabulous for wildlife. Providing nectar and pollen for our bees, butterflies and…
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The Chief Gardener grows a tasty fruit feast
You may remember the Chief Gardener from earlier posts. The first post featured a much loved friend’s lovely husband. He had been going through a horrid time in 2021 and really needed a pick me up. He discovered gardening! Here is his story A powerful gardening for wellbeing story The facts are well known that…
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Behold The Beautiful Queen of Thyme
This post is about a very dear friend of mine. She was mentioned in two previous blog posts. A powerful gardening for wellbeing story and The Chief Gardener’s beautiful vegetables. And now she will become the beautiful Queen of thyme. Her lovely husband had gone through a horrid time and after one of our regular…
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World Environment Day. Action wonderful gardeners
World Environment Day 5th June World Environment day. The Theme for 2023 : Solutions to plastic pollution Here are the shocking statistics on plastic. Over 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide every year. Firstly, we all know that plastic pollution is a complex issue, and affects all land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. It threatens…
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The Chief Gardener’s beautiful vegetables
Some of you may have seen my blog A powerful gardening for wellbeing story which featured a much loved friend’s lovely husband. He had been going through a horrid time in 2021 and really needed a pick me up. Bring on the beautiful vegetables. The facts are well known that gardening can benefit the mind,…
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Garden to empower, out the anxiety
It was Mental Health Awareness Week: Monday 15 May- Sunday 21 May 2023. To coincide with this week I chose my post “Garden to empower, out the anxiety” The theme for 2023 was Anxiety, which is one of the most common mental health conditions. Consequently, The Mental Health Foundation has found that a quarter of adults reported feeling…
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Companion planting with beautiful chickens
Companion planting or companion gardening is a method of growing a combination of plants together to get amazing benefits. In essence, this type of gardening is an organic method of growing different plants. I follow this method, but I also have another example of companion gardening to share with you and it involves some beautiful…
GARDENING WITH HARMONY
A passionate gardener, helping you achieve harmony in your garden for wildlife and your own wellbeing.