Take the time in your garden to look and listen to it. To be in it.
Discover the ways in which sunlight plays on the leaves as they move. Listen to the sound of tree branches as the breeze moves through the trees. The sighing and easing and quiet. Even if there are cars in the street and the sounds of neighbours, listening and seeing the nature in your garden is possible. Often they are the smaller sounds, but they are there, and once found, provide a peaceful refreshment to our souls.
Small gardens with just a few rows of tomatoes, herbs and marigolds can offer respite. Each day as the sun and clouds shift and the leaves strengthen, beauty is on offer.
Being in our gardens and working in our garden is not the same. The one is an act of nurturing, servicing our plants. The other is letting the garden nurture us.
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