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Gardening is the great panacea

30 May 2020

9:00 AM

30 May 2020

9:00 AM

The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World Sue Stuart-Smith

William Collins, pp.352, 20

Your Wellbeing Garden: How to Make Your Garden Good For You Alistair Griffiths, Matt Keightley, Annie Gatti and Zia Allaway

DK, pp.224, 16.99

Viewed from a purely private garden perspective, this has been a ver mirabilis. The blossom has been wonderful and long-lasting, the sun has shone on the daffodils and tulips, and there has been enough moisture in the ground for impressive growth in trees, shrubs and vegetables. Thanks to lockdown and all its confinements, I have enjoyed an intensity of engagement with my garden I’ve rarely experienced since the days when I was a young, mustard-keen apprentice gardener.

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