Being grounded. Being rooted. Especially deeply rooted. What do these words bring to mind? Where would we go, what would we do, to answer this simple question?
Source: Creator dandelion_tea on Pixabay
How about no further than just outside your home? In a garden!
There is something profoundly life affirming about being able to work in one and witness all the magic associated with them unfold as we do.
Renewal and Life
Spring. There is something about this season that never grows old. From the cold, dreary days of winter, we experience a renewal of life in the plants all around us.
Don't the birds seem to have a little extra sparkle in their singing out to us, as Spring returns? What do these birds know about the budding out of new, vibrant leaves, without which the process of photosynthesis would not be possible?
Source: Very nice web page for children on Science Sparks
What are the birds heralding? What do they know about this essential process undergirding life for all?
With the leaves coming out and providing nourishment, flowers return. How closely have you looked into new blossoms, as they unfold and display the exquisite and beautiful details they are storing inside?
Source: Creator kie-ker on Pixabay
Flowers which then attract the pollinators. Their name implies they are involved in pollination. Which is essential to the creation of a new generation of seeds. How dependent is life upon seeds?
Source: Creator terski on Pixabay
The birds. The bees. The flowers. The trees. There is just a marvel and wonder associated with all of the intricate details surrounding the ancient, life giving cycle of another growing season.
Involving ourselves directly with it, through gardening, is very healthy and life affirming for us in so many ways.
Teaching the Next Generation
Do you have children? Are they not the ultimate in renewal and life? Without whom there is no future?
What is the value to them of experiencing gardening with their mother and father? Learning what good, honest work looks and feels like, from the people most responsible for teaching it to them?
Source: Creator dandelion_tea on Pixabay
Whether focused on the beauty of flowering plants ...
Source: Creator olenchic on Pixabay
... or plants providing our daily food, they both are grounded and rooted in a very literal sense, in a deeper appreciation of the good earth all around us.
Is there anything more important to our future than happy and healthy children? Gardening has a wonderful role to play, in providing that to them!
Starting out exploring the Hive blockchain, this is one of the first communities I looked for, as I obviously think gardening is important.
In my contributions to it, I will try to do my part to provide some inspiration and encouragement.
Best wishes, until we meet again,
QT
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