Having a well designed garden can have a number of returns for your investment – and not all directly monetary.
Gardens are good for your health. Having a considered design will provide you an exciting garden and one you will use more than you did before you had a design. Rather than look at the borders as a maintenance concern, you will want to get out and tend to your plants and maintain the beauty of the garden. Watch buds bursting and fern fronds unfurling in the spring can only be a pleasure when you know you have nurtured them since the beginning.
You will have a more usable garden that will provide you more to do and enjoy. It will have carefully designed routes and defined areas for a variety of activities and for different times of day. An improved view or vista, better screening for privacy, coffee terrace, a dining terrace, a quiet bench by a bubbling water feature, a kitchen garden, tennis lawn, well situated summerhouse, a deck over a pond brimming with wildlife…any one of these things will provide you so much pleasure.
Gardening is exercise and even pottering about will burn calories and contribute to your weekly exercise total. Have a look at this infographic from inhabitant. It is a great visual on the benefits you can get from gardening. After reading that, I wonder why anyone wouldn’t want to get out in the garden and start weeding!
Fresh air is good for you. It reduces stress, it increases attention span and has been found to have great benefits in children’s learning. This infographic touches more on this. Have a read while I pop outside for some increased brain function!
Research has found that having a scenic view to look at is also of benefit and can increase productivity and positive outlook. with so many of us working from home, this can only be a return on our investment: Higher productivity? Well, go on then! I’ll have some of that!
Mental health is a subject that many still feel awkward talking about. Every year, 1 in 4 of us will experience mental health issues. Gardening is an amazing therapy and you can read here about how gardens have positive impacts on sufferers.
So, instead of looking at the costs of having a garden designed and built, look at the benefits! They are priceless.
