The grey of the slate and of the mountains in the haze and of the stratocumulus filled sky is a far cry from the grey of the roads and of the walls and dusty windows of abandoned buildings. Three days in the grey (and green and blue) of North Wales...
July brought handful after handful of sweet peas. A handful is the number of times I ever met my Great Uncle Bill. A handful is the number of garden tools of his that I now own. Even though in person Bill wasn’t a regular or considerable part of my...
Goodbye to October, the chameleon and the crown of the season. A month when we can nostalgically forget the dark, rainy days and delight in the life-giving glow of decay. It’s no coincidence that this beginning of the end sparks inspiration, a time...
The motif of this summer was intense heat and more intense work schedules. A garden participant said to me in one session “how lucky you are to work in this calming garden”. I agree, I am. When I am at either of the gardens I work at I feel...
If there is ever a time to foster hope and anticipation for new life, that time is winter.
I write about STH quite a bit here so I thought it would be useful to explain a little more about what it is and how it is used.
How five actions recommended by the NHS can be used in the garden to promote mental good health and wellbeing.
A couple of weeks ago I put together some growing kits for the Wellbeing Support Team and their clients at Emmanuel House Support Centre. Can you help me to make more?
From the first time I noticed the positive effects of gardening to learning how to deliver it as a therapeutic process to others.
If like me you find reassurance, calm and restoration among plants and trees then you’ll know how real that connection is. That thing you’re feeling is biophilia.