Hobbies - Gardening
It is difficult to know where to start on this one as taking up an interest in gardening can open so many doors to other activities and enthusiasms. There is something fundamentally pleasing about messing around with soil; planting small green things and watching them grow. Even though you only have a small front garden or a balcony, growing plants for food or pleasure can become a fascinating hobby.
Food, pleasure or a fascinating hobby?
Many people have taken a vague interest in gardens through the years, as they have had to mow the lawns and clip the hedges. With more time around that vague interest can blossom into a passion. There are so many garden centres around filled with all manner of different plants and seeds. There are huge numbers of books around on propagation, designing, water gardens in fact you think of a gardening subject and there will be an appropriate book. There are television and radio programmes, gardening clubs and lectures, all manner of information for the seekers. The pleasure in creating a beautiful and productive garden can be immense.
English gardens are renowned throughout the world. For 500 years we have been designing and creating gardens. From 1514 when Cardinal Wolsey brought Hampton Court and set about improving it to impress Henry V111, through 1730 when William Kent worked on the original plans for KEW gardens, past the influences of John Loudon and his Encyclopaedia of Gardening, Gertrude Jekyll and her book ‘Colour in the Flower Garden’, right up to the creation of the Eden Project of the present day, England can boast a rich heritage of gardening.
These days with smaller patches of land people have become more creative with their garden design. Using patios, containers, water features etc people can create a small oasis of peace and tranquilly in the midst of a busy world. Increased interest in the environment and conservation can mean development of a garden for butterflies and insects or birds and small mammals. The list of things you can do with your garden is endless. You just have to use your imagination.
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