‘When I had my children, I really struggled with being a parent at first, and gardening was my happy place. It always has been. Even if I’m in a really foul mood, if I go out into the garden, I sort of forget why I’m grumpy.’
Lynda Hallinan reckons gardening makes her not only a healthier person, but a nicer one, too.
“When you garden all the time, I think you take for granted the effect that it has on your wellbeing. I certainly do,” she says.
The much-loved gardening writer and author says she’s grateful life took her in the direction of gardening, rather than down the high-powered law or medicine career path her parents wanted her to take.
“I actually think that if I wasn’t a gardener, I really don’t think I would be a very nice person. I know enough of my own personality to know that I have some pretty sharp corners. And I think if I wasn’t involved in something that kept me outdoors and in touch with nature, I would’ve had way more struggles with mental health and coping with stress.”
The garden, Lynda thinks, keeps her sane.
“I mean that in the true sense of the word,” she says. “When I had my children, I really struggled with being a parent at first, and gardening was my happy place. It always has been.
