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A paradoxical appreciation of the ordinary
Life lessons, and a garden through the eyes of the extraordinary Mary Keen
Wellness & wellbeing
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Garden Therapy: Prospect and Refuge
Why does your favourite space feel just right for you? I might just have the answer for why the secret to a garden feeling perfect is in your mind.
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Is Gardening Just Outdoor Housework?
Ever felt a little bit overwhelmed by your gardening tasks? Or ever spent longer looking for your secateurs than pruning? Let's talk.
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Yours Looks Better Than Mine
The allure of perfectly curated gardens in print and on social media often leaves gardeners comparing their own efforts to images that seem flawless.
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Where Do You Draw Inspiration From?
Not an advert, I promise! More importantly, I just wanted to write about inspiration: as everyone says, it is all around us.
Wellness & wellbeing
Gardening for Healing: A Tribute to Veterans and Nature
A story of how a charity started in memory of my mother began a path to recognition for Horticultural Therapy, with bacon sarnies along the way. And some gardening!
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Common Scents
Are we growing a pharmacy in our gardens?
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Garden Therapy, or The Psychology of Gardening
Lift the lid on the highs and the lows of the unique relationship between gardeners and their gardens.
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The Glory of Green
This is the time of year to celebrate all things green. When the sunlight filters through the branches, setting the leaves aglow, I feel my eyes drinking in all the wonder and intensity of the colour. The benefits of green should not surprise us.
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Unearthing the Secret to Longevity
Our precious soils are often discarded as dirt, but our health as humans depends on their nurture.
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Gardens, Novels, Woods and Parents
We live in a world where we gasp for freedom from control - and if we can’t find it in a garden, what hope is there for us?
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Cultivating Digital Roots
Can social media be a force for good? When I first started nervously talking to my phone in the garden, I stumbled into something extraordinary in the online gardening world. Here's what I learned about growing real connections in unexpected places.