Tagged: Healthy Gardeners

Colonial Williamsburg Arboretum / Evergreen trees / Forest Bathing / Fragrant Plants / Gardening on the Wild Side: Working in Harmony with Nature / Healing Garden / Trees / Trees in Winter / Wildlife Gardening / Williamsburg Botanical Garden

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How Do You Bathe in a Forest?

What is Forest Bathing? Have you ever wondered about the practice of forest bathing?  It is one of several recent eco-prescriptions to help us heal what ails us and adapt to the stresses of contemporary life.  Many therapists and physicians are sending their patients outdoors to enjoy the benefits of unplugged time in nature, away from screens, pings, and climate-controlled spaces lit with fluorescent tubes and LEDs.  Ecotherapy has proven highly successful for millions of people.   Biophilia Medical professionals...

Carbon Garden / climate change / Evergreen Perennials / Evergreen Shrubs / Ferns / Flowering Shrubs / Garden Design / Garden Maintenance / Gardening on the Wild Side: Working in Harmony with Nature / Heirloom plants / Larval Host Plants / Native Plants / Native Trees / Ornamental Shrubs / Sustainable Gardening / Water Wise / Weather / Wildlife Gardening

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Sustainable Gardening in the Shade

  When you’re planning a new garden, do you look for a sunny spot or for a bit of shade?  That used to be an easy decision.  We all know that plants need good light to grow well.  Gardening books used to advise anyone planting a small vegetable garden or flower bed to watch how the sun moves across the sky and how the shadows fall across their yard to select a good sunny spot to break ground.  Traditional gardeners...