Feel-Good Gardening: How to Reap Nature’s Benefits for Mental, Physical and Spiritual Well-Being

This beautifully illustrated book offers practical tips and advice with a focus on the all-round health benefits of gardening. Packed with feel-good facts, creative activities, gardening goals and key information on the holistic benefits, the this is the perfect gift for any garden lover.

Featuring simple tips, practical advice and inspiring ideas, this book will help you discover how to reap the mental, physical and spiritual benefits found in nature

We all know that our environment is critical to our well-being, so when seeking a boost to our happiness, where better to look than the garden? Whether you’re hoping to cultivate a calmer mindset, nurture your physical strength or connect with your community, the restorative powers of gardening can help you flourish.

With valuable information, actionable tips, creative project ideas and feel-good gardening facts, this book will help you discover the all-round health benefits that can come while honing your green fingers.

Inside you will discover:

• How the aromas, colours and sounds of plants and nature can both relax and invigorate you
• Why gardening and its therapeutic actions are beneficial for your mental health
• How to energize your body, tone muscles and improve flexibility for overall fitness
• The plentiful spiritual aspects to be found through breathwork and grounding exercises
• How and why gardening can plant you within your community and encourage teamwork and cooperation

Claire Stares is a writer and Guardian country diarist. After completing a master’s in creative writing, she began working with animals and is now studying for a master’s in clinical animal behaviour. Her free time is spent reading, growing heirloom fruit and vegetables, and wild swimming. She lives by the sea and shares her home with six cats.