Garden Therapy: why it's good for you and 5 ways to practice it at home

Garden Therapy: why it's good for you and 5 ways to practice it at home

Garden Therapy brings with it many benefits, first of all the reduction of stress, depression and anxiety states. Here's how to get started!

Garden Therapy brings with it many benefits, first of all the reduction of stress, depression and anxiety states. Here's how to get started!





Scissoring plants and sowing vegetables and flowers to combat anxiety, depression and stress. If you still have any doubts about the benefits of Garden Therapy, here are five good reasons to begin to become familiar with the magical art of the green thumb, capable, science confirms, of raising spirits and moods.

If winter is for you a kind of lethargy capable of turning you gray in a state of torpor and discontent at an all-time high, what you have to do now, before the summer heat breaks out, is to enjoy the outdoors and recharge your mind, body and energies.

In fact, exposing yourself to sunlight helps improve your mood in a flash, so enjoy the benefits of spring as much as possible, including the increased production of vitamin D given by the body's increased exposure to sunlight, and fill up on good mood hormones.

In all this, consider inserting the Garden Therapy, that sort of holistic therapy that will be ready to give impetus and vigor to your health and your inner well-being.

Cos’è la Garden Therapy

It is nothing more than taking care of your green space or simply spending a few hours there. Also known as Horticultural Therapy, Garden Therapy has become more and more credible over the years, having confirmed by many its positive effects on those who practice it.

The American Horticultural Therapy Association has indicated the greatest benefits for well-being and health, because it can contribute to:

  • improve your self-esteem
  • fight depression
  • improve motor skills
  • promote social interaction
  • stimulate problem-solving skills

And not only that: the care of the vegetable garden and the garden stimulates the ability to take care of a growing thing and the satisfaction of seeing a flower blossom or tasting a fruit or vegetable grown with your own hands. It lifts the mood, stimulates joy and increases self-esteem. Furthermore, cultivating the land frees the mind from negative thoughts and worries, gives a general feeling of relaxation and well-being, trains the cardiovascular system and also helps burn calories.



Here are 5 ways to give yourself garden therapy at home

1. We can all start with the cultivation of a vegetable garden, a garden but also of one's terrace starting from the pots. To experience the joy of growth, just a pot of aromatic herbs on the windowsill will suffice, just as a plant on the office desk guarantees a healthy recovery from stress.

2. On the balcony you can already indulge yourself: green light for strawberries and tomatoes, but also for lettuce, onion and garlic and a mix of vegetables that will also be beautiful to look at. An excellent hobby that allows you to relax but also to enrich the kitchen with colors and genuine taste.

Read also: The 10 simplest vegetables to grow in the home garden

3. Is space really the bare minimum? Well, you can always fill the windowsill with herbs e fiori. Rosemary and marjoram, sage and thyme, but also gerberas and geraniums. A touch of color that won't make you regret anything!

Also read: 7 herbs to grow to help other vegetables grow better

4. Green in the office! If anxiety and stress are enclosed within the walls of your office, no one will be able to tell you anything if you place the plant you like best in your room. Keep in mind, for example, that aloe and ficus protect against pollution and stale air and that the dracena is able to reduce stress, anxiety and even sadness.


5. Ever thought of a shared garden? Sharing the idea of ​​cultivation not only broadens the circle of friends, but greatly improves the mood by exchanging opinions and experiences. It seems to be a fact that the sociability linked to practical activities is among the most effective remedies to ward off sadness and avert anxiety and depression.


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Germana Carillo

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