The Many Benefits of Planting Flowers

The simple act of planting, tending, and growing flowers can have minor and major benefits to every family. With just a bit of soil, seeds, and perseverance you can obtain the educational, social, environmental, and health benefits of planting flowers. I loved to help my grandmother in the garden and I have still have many fond memories of gardening and playing in the garden on my own. From the benefits of flowers in the environment to the benefits of learning to grow, flower gardening is very rewarding.

5 Fabulous Benefits of Planting Flowers At Home

1. Benefits Of Flowers In The Environment

You may be wondering, “How do flowers help the environment?” Well, planting flowers will not halt the rate at which our environment is deteriorating, but it will have a positive impact. Today carbon dioxide levels are at an all-time high. Despite that people are bound to their gasoline vehicles by necessity. By planting flowers, people can lower their carbon foot print by supplying the environment with more plants that can consume more carbon dioxide. Through the process of photosynthesis the oxygen supply is then replenished a bit. Additionally, flowering plants can help filter toxins out of the air and improve the air quality we breathe.

The environmental design of Mother Nature relies on enough flowers to help propagate the species. The number of plants and different flowers play an important role in creating the ideal conditions all the elements of nature need, including important pollinators, to flourish. Flowers attract butterflies and bees and other insects to pollinate plants and allow them all keep replacing themselves.

The importance of flowers to the natural environment is also in their interaction with the ground. Flowering plants help improve the quality of soil, conserve water, and minimize erosion. Native flowers are a great way to improve green spaces.

The birds and the bees will certainly see the benefits of flowers in the environment. Flowers are a great source of nutrients for bees and hummingbirds. Flowers go to seed and birds sometimes can eat those berries. One of the benefits of flowering plants is encouraging a more diverse ecosystem.  

2. Educational Benefits of Planting Flowers

Whether your flower gardening routine is a solo or group activity, there are educational benefits of planting flowers.

Solo: Gardening as a solo activity requires a lot of research and a bit of flying blind. The internet—one of the main sources of secondary knowledge—can only teach so much. Despite that deficiency people who are solo gardeners can engage in real life problem solving throughout the gardening process.

Group: When gardening with kids, knowledge can be shared and lessons can be passed from one generation to another. Old hats at gardening can gain new insights by observing the young and inexperienced at work. Newcomers can provide open minds that are capable of learning knowledge from multiple teachers (internet, older gardeners, and his or her own experiences).

3. Health Benefits of Growing Flowers

Gardening flowers provides numerous health benefits by providing opportunities to strengthen the body.

Due to the sedentary nature of many jobs and hobbies, the amount of physical activity that people get weekly is way below the amount recommended by the Center for Disease Control. Adults should exercise at least 2 hours and 30 minute a week. Children should have at least 1 hour a day of physical activity. Planting, weeding and watering plants all require some degree of daily physical activity. Keeping to a weekly workout regime prolongs life by fighting disease and strengthening muscles and bones. Gardening will allow people to achieve most of their weekly physical activity quota.

Another side effect of today’s sedentary lifestyle is the unnaturally pale skin and a disturbingly low amount of Vitamin D in the body. Vitamin D enters the body when ultraviolet radiation touches the skin. The vitamin D is necessary for children and adults to absorb calcium. Without Vitamin D all that milk that you force yourself and your kids to drink is useless. Without the Vitamin D that is produced when you engage in outside activities like gardening, your family will have weak bones and teeth and disturbingly high dentist and doctor’s bills.

You may also enjoy the therapeutic effect of uplifting natural scents and colorful shapes.

4. Social Benefits of Flower Gardening

Growing a flower garden as a group project with encourage social interactions and facilitate intimate connections. Working together to make a better place is a natural way to get activity and converse at same time.

When gardening is engaged in as a group activity with other family members or friends, gardeners will see an improvement in the social aspect of their lives. In an age where family activities include sitting mindlessly in front of the television or video game screen, gardening is a fun and educational group activity. As the season passes and the plants begin to bloom you might also notice a strengthening of family ties. This is in part due to the fact that during gardening you are not disengaging with each other, but working together to achieve a common goal.

5. Beauty And Joy

This may seem obvious but fresh flowers are beautiful and they can bring you and all who see them joy. Planting flowers will make your yard beautiful for the whole neighborhood to enjoy. You can also cut the flowers and make bouquets for the special people you love. From special occasions to a simple surprise, a floral arrangement is sure to bring positive emotion and even help lower stress levels for the recipient and the giver. Fresh cut flowers are an easy way to make someone’s day! In fact, their positive energy is why they are often given to hospital patients to brighten their day and spread cheer.

If you aren’t convince by anecdotes alone, research at Rutgers University showed study participants found flowers may be potent mood elevators. In several double-blind studies, all recipients responded to the flower arrangements with a “true smile” involving the mouth, cheeks, and eyes. “And three days later, the flower recipients were still feeling happier than their cohorts in the study.” I know it works for me. Flowers always fill be with positive energy.

Conclusion

Benefits of planting flowers can be a fun and satisfying social activity. It can be used to stretch the mind and as a family bonding time. As the plants grow, the body is strengthened. By the time the flowers are in bloom you might find yourself wondering “why didn’t I do this earlier?”  You will also be happy to know of the benefits of flowers in the environment and feel good to be doing a little something good for the environment. Do you think you will try a flower garden this year?  What do think will be your favorite benefits of planting flowers?

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