9 Best Articles in 2022
Psychology Today
Why We Garden
Psychology Today
5 min read · From 2020 · The psychology and philosophy of gardening.
Reader View · Shared by 107, including Gregor B. Rosenauer, Matthias Lampe, Thomas Power
Eater
How Public Libraries Are Seeding America’s Gardens
Eater
6 min read · Apr 29th · Libraries across the country are fighting food insecurity by offering communities free seeds and gardening education
Refinery29 UK
Too Many Thoughts Living Rent-Free In Your Head? Try Mind Gardening
Refinery29 UK
5 min read · 2021-02-27 · It's like making sure your ideas are welcome tenants, instead of living rent-free in your head.
Reader View · Shared by 299, including Neil Hart 💙, Ceferino Díaz, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Gabriele, Amicitia
Brain Pickings
200 Years of Great Writers and Artists on the Creative and Spiritual Rewards of Gardening
Brain Pickings
20+ min read · May 8th · Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Oliver Sacks, Rebecca Solnit, Bronson Alcott, Michael Pollan, Jamaica Kincaid, and more.
Reader View · Shared by 212, including Charles Duhigg, Katja Evertz
Rest of World
The Chinese content farms behind Factory TikTok
Rest of World
6 min read · 2021-06-24 · How workers manufacturing products like aloe jelly and gardening gloves also became the influencers selling them.
Reader View · Shared by 123, including Mark Kaigwa, Tactical Tech, Taylor Lorenz, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Anthony Hamelle, Jordi Serrano, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Pleil, Jessica Gioglio, Michael Donohoe, Katja Evertz
Brain Pickings
Gardening as Resistance: Notes on Building Paradise
Brain Pickings
5 min read · 2021-04-24 · “Can you plant a garden to stop a war? It depends how you think about time. It depends what you think a seed does, if it’s tossed into fertile soil.”
Reader View · Shared by 178, including Jane, Charles Duhigg, Gabriele
prostoknow.com
The pandemic’s gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health
prostoknow.com
9 min read · Apr 23rd · As lockdowns began in spring 2020, many took up gardening as a way to cope. But will a hobby born out of a crisis recede as life returns to normal?
Reader View · Shared by 30
Brain Pickings
The Secret of Happiness: Bronson Alcott on Gardening and Genius
Brain Pickings
3 min read · 2021-05-20 · “Every plant one tends he falls in love with… Only persons of perennial genius attract or recreate as the plants, and of books we may say the same, as of the magic of solitude.”
Reader View · Shared by 166, including Anita Leirfall, Charles Duhigg, LARRY ELKAN
Well+Good
Gardening is actually a sneaky form of meditation—
Well+Good
2 min read · May 26th · And the rewards are endless.
Reader View · Shared by 64
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Eater
How Public Libraries Are Seeding America’s Gardens
Eater
6 min read · Apr 29th · Libraries across the country are fighting food insecurity by offering communities free seeds and gardening education
Brain Pickings
200 Years of Great Writers and Artists on the Creative and Spiritual Rewards of Gardening
Brain Pickings
20+ min read · May 8th · Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Oliver Sacks, Rebecca Solnit, Bronson Alcott, Michael Pollan, Jamaica Kincaid, and more.
Reader View · Shared by 212, including Charles Duhigg, Katja Evertz
Well+Good
Gardening is actually a sneaky form of meditation—
Well+Good
2 min read · May 26th · And the rewards are endless.
Reader View · Shared by 64
prostoknow.com
The pandemic’s gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health
prostoknow.com
9 min read · Apr 23rd · As lockdowns began in spring 2020, many took up gardening as a way to cope. But will a hobby born out of a crisis recede as life returns to normal?
Reader View · Shared by 30
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Gardenista
Gardening 101: How to Sprout a Seed
Gardenista
2 min read · May 26th · Launch a stealth attack on winter by sprouting seeds indoors (to get a start on your edible garden). It's simpler than you may think. Photography by John M
Reader View · Shared by 63
The Guardian
How gardening helped me live with love and loss
The Guardian
8 min read · 2020-08-15 · My love of gardening is a constant comfort and has a deep resonance with my family’s history, says Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Reader View · Shared by 29, including Jane, Liv 😷
prostoknow.com
A gardening guru’s guide: Any skill level can apply these tips
prostoknow.com
7 min read · Jan 15th · In Lee Reich's final gardening column for the AP, he offers his tips to make your garden prettier, more productive and more enjoyable to maintain.
Reader View · Shared by 27
The New Yorker
The Therapeutic Power of Gardening
The New Yorker
5 min read · 2020-08-17 · Can anxious minds find solace working with plants? A therapist and her husband, a garden designer, say yes.
Reader View · Shared by 141, including Anita Leirfall, Jane, Matthias Lampe
The Verge
How spending more time at home might affect your health
The Verge
5 min read · 2020-07-15 · New habits like cooking and indoor gardening can come with costs and benefits
Reader View · Shared by 87, including Katja Evertz, Neil Lee
sciencefocus.com
Gardening just twice a week improves wellbeing and relieves stress
sciencefocus.com
2 min read · 2021-04-28 · Gardening can expend similar amounts of energy to a session at the gym, researchers say.
Reader View · Shared by 27, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Oliver Sacks Fdn., Lee Keyes
breakingone.com
TikTok gardening hacks to try this spring
breakingone.com
1 min read · Apr 20th · Want your plants to flourish this year? Try these TikTok gardening hacks for healthier herbs, flowers, and produce.
National Geographic
Gardening is good for kids—and not just because of the veggies
National Geographic
Apr 5th · Gardening can help children grow life skills as well as fruits and flowers. Here are some ideas to get started.
Shared by 24, including Eleanor Konik
Lifehacker
Is Gardening Really Cheaper Than Buying Fruits and Vegetables?
Lifehacker
5 min read · Mar 24th · One reason people start gardens is sticker shock at the grocery store. But can you really save buckets of cash by growing your own food?
