Do you love gardening? There are many benefits to be found by fostering a love of gardening, including a healthier lifestyle, improved mental wellbeing and a closer connection to nature. Here are the 10 things you can do to show your garden some love:
• Begin a bee-friendly garden with blue, purple and yellow-flowering plants.
• Brighten it up with a hanging basket of flowers – or fill with strawberry plants.
• Plant microgreens for the kitchen windowsill.
• Feed your plants in preparation for their spring growth spurt.
• Start a compost or worm bin to convert kitchen scraps into a valuable plant food.
• Be a local replanting programme volunteer.
• Join a garden club.
• Lend a hand in a community garden.
• Help a neighbour in need – offer to weed their garden.
• Visit a botanical garden to stop and smell the roses.
