Uses For The Garden Space
A garden can have aesthetic, functional, and recreational uses:
- Cooperation with nature
- Plant cultivation
- Observation of nature
- Bird- and insect-watching
- Reflection on the changing seasons
- Relaxation
- Family dinners on the terrace
- Children playing in the garden
- Reading and relaxing in the hammock
- Maintaining the flowerbeds
- Pottering in the shed
- Basking in warm sunshine
- Escaping oppressive sunlight and heat
- Growing useful produce
- Flowers to cut and bring inside for indoor beauty
- Fresh herbs and vegetables for cooking
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