Encouraging Healthy Eating
‘Growing your own’ is an ever-increasingly popular activity with gardeners of all abilities. People are enjoying the transition of garden to plate by planting their own fruit and veg to ensure a ready supply of fresh, organic produce throughout the growing season.
Whether you have a full-on vegetable patch, a herb planter, or just a hanging basket, it is easy to achieve with only a few products, check out our recipe idea made with Coolings ‘Grow Your Own’ range.
Not only does growing your own provide a relaxing and stress-free activity, but it proves better for your health and is extremely rewarding! Here at Coolings we sell veg and herb seeds and plants giving you options from growing from scratch, or from a plant if you’re looking for quicker results. Check out our range of Seed Tapes for a great easy option!
Relaxation
By creating a relaxing and calm environment in your garden you can feel peace and of sound mind. Relaxation can be found through many sensory attributes; sound, smell, sight, and touch.
A calm sound in the garden, such as the serene flow of water, is perfect for blocking away outside noise and creating an area for you to be at peace.
Water features come in different shapes, themes and colours, shop here to find the perfect component for your garden’s individuality.
Bright and cheerful colours are guaranteed to be a mood booster, it’s easy to add beautiful shades of your favourite colour with bedding plants, you won’t believe the transformation that a pop of colour adds to your mood when relaxing in the garden.
Adding colour to hanging baskets and planters in smaller spaces will ensure that colour is prevalent when you look outside.
A relaxing smell throughout the garden, especially near your seating area or on your balcony or windowsill is easy to achieve; whether it be sweet lavender, fresh mint or polemonium ‘heaven scent’ which has beautiful fragrant flowers and is easy to grow.
Want something with excitement and a bit different? Our Eriostemon Myoporoides, commonly known as the G&T plant for its favoured smell is the perfect accompaniment to any outside space – although inedible, it’s the perfect pairing (from a distance!) for that refreshing summer drink.
Boosting Immunity
Getting a daily dose of Vitamin D is great for fighting off colds, boosting your mood and lowering blood pressure. Also, you can increase your strength, flexibility and overall fitness with regular gardening.
Mental Health
Gardening is good for our mental health, by increasing the greenery in your home you can reduce your stress, increase your energy levels and calm your brain for a clearer thinking process.
We offer many indoor plants which are great air purifiers, perfect for your home. Those suffering from anxiety or depression have found putting their attention to gardening and caring for their plants to be extremely beneficial.
