A Gardening Calendar - And
The Secret Benefits Of Gardening

"Despite the gardener's best intentions,
Nature will improvise" -Michael P. Garafalo

Looking for a gardening calendar?

Before you get your calendar, did you know that a great thing about gardening is that you're actually exercising your body, although it may not feel like it at the time?

Gardening can also be, in a way, a little like a form of yoga where you can become quite 'absorbed' in your own space and moment zone.

Actually taking this a step further you'd find an interesting field of practice appropriately called 'horticultural therapy...'

"...The benefits are not all in the body; they're also in the mind! There's a whole field of practice called horticultural therapy, which explores the way that gardening helps people heal, physically and emotionally.

Horticultural therapists have discovered that gardening provides a form of emotional expression and release, and it helps people to connect with others.

The psychological benefits of being outdoors, working in the sunshine and fresh air, are also clear..."

As an outdoor physical activity, gardening is great because you're also working towards protecting, enhancing or restoring the environment... it's not only healthy for you, but it's healthy for the earth too...

On this page below you'll discover the best gardening calendar selection I could find, plus a few essential garden calendar books too.

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Read on for some fascinating gardening facts...

- Between 1981 and 1988, gardening experienced the fastest growth in participation of any form of exercise...

- Studies reveal that gardeners consume most kinds of vegetables more frequently than do non-gardeners... (If true, it's amazing!)

- Studies have shown that just looking at trees and plants reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and relieves tension in muscles...

- Studies also revealed that the gardening-calendar selection on this page was responsible for motivating hundreds of new gardeners back into the garden... (Ok, maybe this one is a little made up!)

Actually gardening is fun too, and almost anyone at any age can get in there and rake leaves, trim the hedges or plant a tree (or two).

But best of all there's a gardening-calendar for everyone it seems. Prepare to learn all about the right (moon) times to plant, to when flower shows are on, gardening tips and lectures, and lots more...

Click here for a Gardening For All Seasons guide to perfect gardening. It has articles and tips for seasoned and novice gardeners from planning to composting, to your local weather, special features, house plants and a great monthly gardening calendar as well.

There's also this page from the University of Arkansas. It'll show you a nice month by month gardening calendar selection...

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