When we look around we are constantly reminded of how much we
have to be thankful for.
The special holiday set aside to give thanks is
Thanksgiving.
Our thanks can extend to our family, friends, job and home as
well as our country, which allows us more freedom than many others
enjoy.
When we look around we are constantly reminded of how much we have to be thankful for.
The special holiday set aside to give thanks is Thanksgiving.
Our thanks can extend to our family, friends, job and home as well as our country, which allows us more freedom than many others enjoy.
How often do we think about what plants do for us?
It doesn’t take much to look around and take in our environment to realize how differently things would be and look without plants.
Trees give us shade, absorb a great deal of the air pollutants, help block noise, replenish oxygen in the air, give us food in the way of fruit and enhance the area where it is planted.
Shrubs help us define property lines, separate various areas of the yard, serve as a screen, block an ugly view or the wind, help control erosion, provide seasonal color with flowers and berries and much more.
Who can forget the yards of our childhood when we played on the lawn and climbed trees? How about the flowers we picked to give to mom or our teachers?
Do you remember those open fields of wild flowers that were great to run through, build a fort or set up house in as a child?
What about a trip to the mountains where you probably saw your first growing Christmas tree or the majestic redwood that was so tall you couldn’t see the top?
Even fishing trips would be bleak without all of the plants around the river or lake.
In thinking of all this and more, we will receive a new appreciation for our “green” surroundings.
Even homes without plants indoors seem colder and not as warm as those who have plants decorating the various rooms.
Maybe your favorite spot for utter peace and serenity is found in the middle of a forest, up in the mountains, in a lanai room or on a patio, on a bench in the corner of your yard or even on a roof garden.
What they all have in common is plants.
Recent studies done in hospitals and sanitariums show that the introductions of plants to the patient’s room and surroundings had a calming effect taking away the starkness of the sterile atmosphere.
When someone has a baby, is ill at home or in the hospital, even just to celebrate special occasions, we think of taking them flowers or a plant.
Even when we lose a loved one, plants are used to express our feelings.
Plants are part of our life and we should be thankful for the way they fill the various needs of living in this world today.
California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers
