Imbolc has been
Waiting not very patiently to get back to gardening!
Hello beautiful people, how many of you are chomping at the bit to get back outdoors!
Well following on from my first post, let’s explore why all things ‘garden’ is so important to me.
As my life progressed, I had many difficulties, with no support I was completely alone until I met my wonderful husband and of course became a mother. I even started my career dreams of becoming a midwife whilst juggling family life. I went to college then university until starting a job in the local maternity hospital.
My garden love still remained deep inside, I had a few little things here and there, still trying to be green fingered but ultimately the garden belonged to my children. I gave them the space to run and grow, knowing one day I can reclaim my green space back.
However fast forward to my 30’s and my health was in decline! After lots of tests, scans and consultations, I was diagnosed with multiple chronic conditions.
We decided to take the plunge of moving from a large city in the midlands to a small town by the sea in Somerset. Not just for mine and my hubbies benefit, but to also give our children a better start of a calmer environment.
Being by the sea and multiple green open spaces was absolutely amazing, I felt lifted instantly and knew we had made the right choices.
Roll on the 16 years we have now been in Somerset, and I can say I have happily transformed 3 gardens from being in a overgrown and unloved state to beautiful gardens full of colour to relax and grow. And certainly for one of the gardens we had it didn’t even have a designated garden area to begin with, that was extremely satisfying when neighbours were saying how lovely it was to see the difference. I have even won many Garden Awards from the local council. This year I felt I hadn’t put a lot into the garden as I had many bad health days, however I entered not only did I win best small garden, I actually won best overall garden of all the categories. One of the judges actually commented that my garden felt so relaxing and so beautiful to see the wildlife that visited too. I was extremely humbled.
And this journey of mine, all began with my Grandfather. He showed me how I can escape the world around me to bring me love within from the sadness i felt outside.
This blog is also helping me to cope with my mental and physical health, but I also hope it can help any of you too on my continued journey as I write about my therapy within a garden……
Keep smiling 😊