Love of Gardens and Gardening
Posted: Monday, October 24, 2011
by Montyr
Green Thumb Gardening Products
Next to Love, gardens must the most commonly sung about activity we express in life.
There is just something about gardens that makes the heart want to sing!
The nice thing about gardens is that they are forever loving. No matter how much time and effort you put into your garden, it will always be there for you. Similar to love though, a garden will only give back what you put into it. The fortunate part is that a garden will always do it quietly!
Could you imagine living in a world where we are completely loved and cared for just like we do for our plants? Where do we sign up?
We can rekindle and reconnect with that feeling of connection to nature and the universe simply by enjoying gardens. The sheer beauty of a beautiful flower or the wafting fragrance of a rose in the summer sunshine is the best kind of meditation one can ever ask for.
No one thing can ever create the same connection to nature as digging in a garden though. The simple action of pushing one’s hand into warm, loose soil to create a hole for a seed or a bulb that we know will turn into something beautiful is a sensual pleasure beyond explanation!
It is no wonder that we write songs about gardens!
What caused your attraction to gardening?
For me, it was inherited. My Family on my mom’s side were all professional gardeners and horticulturists. My great grandfather was head greenskeeper at He brought his two sons to Vancouver Canada around WW1. What did they do with their lives? Ran a flower shop and a flower nursery, of course!
My first introduction to working with plants occurred in my teens. I worked for some of the local nurseries doing odd jobs after school. It was actually my beginning of my love for healing the environment. One of my tasks was so make soil for potting. The smell of freshly made soil was an absolute delight to my senses!
I never followed the family into the horticultural business myself but have always loved gardening, wildcrafting and hanging out with the trees in nearby parks.
My focus became focussed on fixing up the parts of nature that mankind seems to be so determined to destroy. Creating and managing projects in soil and water rejuvenation has become a large focus in my life.
Gardening and promoting connections with nature is a relaxing hobby for me. That is a large part of why I decided to create an e-commerce website where I offer some wonderful products for gardeners and those who love their back yards.
If you feel so inclined please have a look at our great selection of cedar garden furniture and water features, wind chimes, solar lights, statues, portable campfires and lots of other gifts for gardeners and lovers of nature.
Being connected with nature is so important for our own health and well being. Gardening is the easiest way to connect!
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)Montyr,
I understand your love for gardening and the soil. Yes, my mother and grandmother had it too. There's something special that I can't describe to the uninitiated that grabs my soul; the smell of the soil, compost, fertilizer, knowing that there will be a yield with no further intervention other than weeding. The anticipation of what Mother will bring and what culinary pleasure it will provide in its bounty. It's wonderful, mysterious, but yet soooo welcome. Genetic, maybe.Please log in to respond to this comment.
We have just moved to the country and are starting a ridiculous gardening project. My part is the dreaming, researching, charting and then daydreaming again. I love this article. Gardens do give us so much! Thank you for your article!Please log in to respond to this comment.
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