Gardening can be good for your health

Gardening can be good for your health and general wellbeing

Gardening can have a positive impact on physical and mental health.

Not everybody has a garden, but there are opportunities to have your own little green outdoor space.

An allotment is a community garden, is a plot of land, that is made available for individual, non-commercial gardening or growing food plants.

It is usually maintained by the council.

The requirement are usually that 75% of the allotment is cultivated.

During Covid many people wanted to become allotment holders and there were too few allotments available.

Questions that you should ask yourself before even starting gardening

How much time do you have available. Underestimate your time so for example if you think you may have 2-3 hours per day, put down 1 -2.

How big is your garden or plot?

What kind of gardener do you want to be?

Do you want to be a perfect gardener – do you want to garden to win some prices or to show off your garden?

Do you want to plant vegetables, fruits or flowers?