HOME IMPROVER: How to better your garden game?
Gardening routines, like watering and weeding, can also create a soothing rhythm to ease stress.
A garden has been shown to lighten mood and lower levels of stress and anxiety.
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It’s satisfying to plant, tend, harvest and share your own food. Gardening routines, like watering and weeding, can create a soothing rhythm to ease stress.
Put the right plant in the right place: Look carefully at the light and soil conditions, then match the plants you choose to that. The right plant in the right place is likely to be healthy and able to fight off pests and disease.
Build the soil with compost: It improves the texture of soil, allows it to retain more water, with a host of nutrients for plants.
Add structure: If your garden only has perennials and annuals, you’ll have nothing to look at when they die back. Add some shrubs or trees as they generally require less maintenance than perennials. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, cool the air, filter urban pollutants, mange water runoff, provide food and habitat for wildlife, and more.
Plant for pollinators and wildlife: Create a habitat in your garden to support bees, butterflies, birds, and other animals. These animals make your garden more resilient by controlling pests and improving the pollination of plants.
Add indigenous plants: These plants are good for your health and the environment. Indigenous gardens absorb storm water, improve air quality, support good soil quality and help prevent erosion.
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