Many of us have become better at looking after our mental health and understand the benefits of being around nature and the outdoors. Being in peaceful areas gives us time to think and slow down, removing ourselves from the pressures elsewhere.
But one thing that has recently been widely spoken about is the benefits of gardening and planting. Yes, we are in fact talking about getting yourself outside to do some gardening or planting!
Gardening is often seen as an older person’s pastime or even a male-dominated hobby, but we’re discussing how gardening is good for our mental health, decluttering our minds and why its become so popular amongst young people.
Known as ‘mind gardening’ younger people discuss how cultivating, pruning and nurturing plants have been therapeutic for them in recent times. That looking after living things makes you feel needed and wholesome, which in turn makes us feel better inside.
Many people find that their garden represents their mind. That removing all of the weeds and keeping only the plants you want is a representation of the thoughts inside your head. That you only want to keep hold of the happy and content thoughts.