Numerous people, especially teenagers, are turning to gardening as a calming hobby amid a pandemic
Hyderabad: What began as a survival instinct during last year’s lockdown has now turned into a garden in bloom. Pranita Sandela has grown at least 35 plants on her balcony in one year. Due to a lack of time, she could not go gardening sooner. But now she’s used the space to figure out how to grow her own food.
“Gardening kept me busy. Plus, while working from home, plants made my space more lively, ”says the 25-year-old, adding that investing in backyards when we’re so restricted is good.
While buckling up their seat belts at home, many people, especially teenagers, turn to gardening as a calming hobby. They use this time to look after plants without having to go to the office.
Rajender, who runs a day-care center in Secunderabad, sees at least 50 visitors every day and says that half of them are young people. “Before the pandemic, I had an average of 10 visitors a day. There is a sudden influx of customers. I hope that this interest will not wane in the coming times. “
The demand for vegetable seeds increased with people’s desire to grow their own seeds. Bharati Matam’s kitchen is almost filled with products from her terrace garden, which she has looked after for over a decade. She grows various vegetable, fruit and flowering plants. The pandemic has caused the entire family of five to tend the garden.
Not only young people, but also those in the middle and eighties, start gardening.
50-year-old Srilatha Kota, a teacher by profession, spends at least 8 hours a day in front of a laptop teaching her students. She needed to reduce her psychological stress and stress. “What would be a great opportunity other than gardening?” She asks. Today she has grown at least 45 plants on her unused balcony. She says it keeps her mind and body active and nourished.
Gardening can help lift mood and calm worries, according to Sharada Jayaram, a leading counseling psychologist based in town.
For Manjula Harpanahalli, an educational advisor from the city, gardening is therapeutic and a great stress killer. Together with her husband, they have so far grown 150 types of plants on their terrace.
“We didn’t fail to step out of the house to do gardening during the lockdown. Recently we had about 30 strange butterflies in our garden. It was such a magical experience to watch the beauties. There is a feeling of peace and quiet, ”she says.
Sharada Jayaram says gardening is even used as therapy. “It’s good for your heart health, keeps you calm, controls high blood pressure and sugar levels. At least an hour of light gardening and gardening burns that many calories. “
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