Gardening as a concept - Its necessity
Mankind, if we check though the process of evolution, had originated from amongst greenery, the jungles. And there is no denying the fact that every civilization has progressed only through direct or indirect association with plants. It is ironic that given these facts and the continuous necessity of plants, mankind yet has low regards about the very species of plants. So high are the levels of disregard that innocuous plants are slashed and hacked by mankind under the excuse of modernization.
Dr Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, the famous scientist, had established and propagated the theory of plants having life and yet that does not stop us from murdering these helpless and very helpful living beings amongst us. Add to this crime, that we commit, the fact that it leads to global warming, soil erosion and such other natural imbalances that are leading us to the brink of a natural disaster.
For these reasons, gardening as a concept is gaining ground quite rapidly. Gardening is a method by which individuals could contribute to the general nature that is being devastated by other unthinking selfish individuals interested only in personal motives and short term gains. Gardening also is the solution to the failure that governing bodies in every country around the world is facing in its implementation plans to save plants and nature as a whole. But most importantly, it is something that can improve your own quality of life, and is a nice break from locum doctor jobs or working in the city at the end of the day. It reconnects one back to nature, to where we came from.
Gardening with its links to creativity also provides a natural boost to mankind’s quest for creating something exotic and beautiful. This habit, therefore, aids in relieving stress and strain that has become the password in today’s machine and materialistic times. These are but add on benefits of gardening along with saving nature which is facing dire consequences given mankind’s unkind approach.
The advantages of gardening are so many that it is difficult to list all in such a small space. However, it is rather easy to list down the disadvantage of gardening. The only disadvantage that one can think of in gardening is the fact that there is none.
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