Take nature’s gentle path to mindfulness and make your garden a place of peace
As a gardener I passionately believe in the transformative power of green spaces and, as a scientist, I know that there is a growing body of evidence to suggest measurable benefits to mental and physical health. Understanding just three simple design principles can help you maximise your garden’s restorative potential, based on the concept of mindfulness. By wonderful coincidence, these same principles can give even the smallest spaces the illusion of being much larger, by keeping your interest sustained for longer. So let’s get started.
To many people, their dream garden might be a blaze of colour with rainbow hues spilling from every corner. However, by restraining your colour palette to the myriad of greens, gardens are immediately given a more tranquil feel. In these spaces, the elements vying for visual interest are on a more level playing field and the subtleties of texture, shape and form elevated to match that of colour. It means your eye wanders over the scheme slowly, and the more you look, the more you see – a slow forage, rather than a quick hit of horticultural “fast food”. This considered appreciation of the moment distracts us from dwelling on the past or being worried about the future, and may reduce anxiety.
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