![]() ![]() ![]() As the gardener tends to their garden, they are met with both the artistry of nature and its destructive essence. Gardening is, as such, the ideal embodiment of mindful practices. Letting go of control and accepting the present moment is the backbone of mindfulness. ![]() And yet the garden would become a place to undo these feelings. With the first seed pushed into the soil, humans established a feeling of permanence and control. Still, the invention of the garden allowed societies to develop and flourish by minimizing the need to journey out for sustenance. As hunter-gatherers, humans once had to leave their communities in search of food. The garden has long served as an image of change and growth, and the development of the garden served as an early marker of modern civilization. As we tend to the garden, we tend our mind. This acceptance allows us to engage with, and meditate with the elegance of existence. It's through gardening that we must surrender our control and accept the world as it is. The garden personifies the human's urge for control and nature's reluctance to cede it. Even almost five centuries later, his statement still rings true. "The garden is a ground plot for the mind," wrote Thomas Hill in his 1577 seminal book The Gardener's Labyrinth. ![]()
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