Grow an Organic Garden

There are all kinds of gardeners in the world. People who love their house plants, herbaceous borders, or are fascinated by a single type of flower. I’m the kind of gardener who likes to put the garden to use. Growing a garden is as much about creating a beautiful green space as it is about improving our lives! That means growing your own food but also nurturing mental and physical well-being.

I also like to grow plants that serve at least two purposes—to look great and be edible, healing, therapeutic, or provide food for wildlife. When I speak about useful plants, as I do in my book, I mean plants that humans can use. A way to reap a reward for the effort of growing a garden. Although I love creating a beautiful space to relax in and enjoy, I need to grow plants that I can eat and use to nurture my creativity. At the very least, they should provide habitat and food for the beneficial wildlife in my garden, too.

Organic Gardening

As gardeners, I feel it’s important for us to keep the garden as organic as possible. That means avoiding using pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides. There are many reasons to do this, but the main ones are to stop polluting our land, to grow the healthiest food necessary, and to ensure that the animals that visit our garden don’t fall victim to poisons. Organic gardening can also be a low-cost way to garden, so it’s a win-win!

Grow a Skincare Garden

You can use many homegrown herbs, flowers, and vegetables to make soap and beauty products. Peppermint in zesty soap, chamomile in lotion, and even rose petals to make skin toner. On Lovely Greens, I share ideas for growing skin-beneficial plants and using them in beauty recipes. Many of the plants I use in handmade soap and skincare recipes can also be used in food or for other uses, meaning you can grow plants for dual purposes.

Gardening Projects

Building and creating your garden is a labor of love, but it can also be expensive. Buying containers, plants, tools, and even bigger pieces of kit, like greenhouses and sheds! That’s why I try to DIY as much as possible for the garden, especially if I can do it with free, reclaimed, and eco-friendly materials. Everything from making newspaper plant pots to pallet planters and propagating new plants! Browse all gardening projects.

Gardening and Garden DIY Videos

You can read ideas here or watch videos that show you how! Above are two of the many gardening videos that I share regularly on the Lovely Greens YouTube channel. I highly encourage you to subscribe, and if you click the bell icon on my channel, you’ll get notifications when new videos are out. The videos I make often the topic of pieces here on the website, such as how to grow an organic garden, make newspaper plant pots or perennial vegetables for your garden. You can also browse all articles with videos.

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