The Garden As Healer

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The word for paradise comes from the Persian word for a garden and has always meant the same thing in every culture. It is representative of paradise on earth and is our opportunity to own a little bit of heaven here and now. It has a restorative significance as a healer when we understand that gardens provide us with a place of sanctuary and well-being.

The garden has the potential to provide a place of refuge from stress, the health epidemic of the 21st century according to The World Health Organization. Medical doctors suggest that stress resulting in illness is the causative factor underlying 70% of all visits to the family doctor. The ability of the garden to provide this place of healing and peace becomes crucial as more and more people succumb to this dis-ease of modern day life.

It matters little whether an indoor garden is a few pots on a windowsill or a lush garden room, what does matter is that plants add a dimension to the home/and or workplace that literally changes the energy and adds life. There is something about caring for plants and tending to them whether watering, re-potting, or touching the leaves that re-connects us on a deep level...

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