PTW May 2021

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GARDENING SERENITY Bold To Bowl Being virtuous to nature is certainly beneficial. In other words, living with plants is to cultivate a piece of land and transform it into a magical colorful personal habitat either with herbs, fruits, vegetables, or flowers. There are several reasons that make people fall for gardening. A garden could be a place to tranquilize, idle and embrace time in joyfulness with nature for its amazing allure. In the garden, people tend to drop their thoughts around. According to Horace Walpole, all gardening is a landscape painting. Mother nature has the box of crayons! Gardening has the efficacy to offer good quality of life. From a health point of view, gardening can help as a form of physical exercise. People who spend time in the garden may enjoy aerobic exercise at the same time. Weeding, pruning, trimming, plucking, watering, clearing, moving or shifting pots will work the body muscles for strength and flexibility. By growing your own organic foods, you can help decrease the amount of global pesticides used as well as supporting the environment. Not only that, but buying organic from the groceries store can be costly. Organic home gardening can be an effective way to enjoy a bunch of

healthy vegetables and herbs without breaking the bank. Just start small and extend bigger when everything is perfectly hit to grow. Organic vegetables and herbs are highly beneficial for health. Organic produce has less exposure to pesticides and have great quality of nutrients and other minerals including vitamins, antioxidants and more. Gardening doesn’t need to be something you do alone. Group gardening provides mood boosting benefits. In fact it can be done among the young learners in school. It gives them an opportunity to learn beyond the classroom and their learning interest will be cultivated. Students have a deeper understanding of the life cycle, basic needs and stimulating social interaction. Nowadays, our community includes may children who prefer to stay inside with their gadgets. They choose LED light rather than sunlight. Gardening is an idle way for Vitamin D exposure to increase the calcium level for healthy strong bones and a good immunity system, whilst helping to grow our most important source of oxygen; but of course, ensure you are always sun smart!

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