healing gardens

A Healing Garden Flower

A Healing Garden Flower

I find most gardens to be healing. Even with the thorns, rocks, weeds, and sore back, I find gardens to be a place of peace, serenity, and contemplation. A healing  …
Planting a Garden of Healing

Planting a Garden of Healing

Gardening comes with so many mental health benefits because it can bring us closer to Earth when we feel like we might have floated away and feel lost. Some people  …
Saving Seeds for Generations

Saving Seeds for Generations

I once read an article that said you can start saving seeds today that will supply your children's gardens. I never used to be up for saving seeds, but one  …
An Indoor Healing Garden of … Cacti?

An Indoor Healing Garden of … Cacti?

Sharp. Prickly. Spiny. These aren't usually the words I associate with an indoor healing garden. As much as I love cacti, they aren't the plants I look to first when  …
The Best Strawberry-Picking Job

The Best Strawberry-Picking Job

Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits to grow. Even though I live in the Northeast, they're one of the few perennial plants that survive over winter and one of  …
Caring for Baby Caterpillars In My Garden

Caring for Baby Caterpillars In My Garden

I love butterflies. They're like little artistic stained glass windows flitting about the flowers and vegetables. They're helpful, too. Though they aren't the pollinators that bees are, butterflies do their  …
A Sweet Hydrangea Story

A Sweet Hydrangea Story

Today's hydrangea story starts with a divorce, but follow it along, and you'll find a happy ending. Divorce is never an easy thing to go through, and the emotions that come  …
Color-Changing Gardens for the Soul

Color-Changing Gardens for the Soul

I like to garden because it gets me into a meditative zone without even trying. But there is so much more magic that happens in a garden. In today's story,  …