The idea that vegetable gardening could be playful may be hard to grasp. But vegetable gardening can become more fun if viewed through the lens of play, and through that approach, the gardener can reap all the benefits of playtime that many of us, particularly adults, lack in our daily lives. The value of play for children and their development has been highly researched, but what about your right to playtime, too? Can playing in your garden satisfy a desire for a more creative, carefree, fearless life?
LEARN AS YOU GROW
Peter Gray has devoted much of his career as a research professor at Boston College to the subject of play. He’s the author of multiple books on the topic and regularly writes about play for. He’s also an avid vegetable gardener, and while his research doesn’t focus on adults or on gardening, as a gardener himself, he can
