SUNFLOWERS AND GARDENING


With my late husband, we had a house and our own yard, where I did a lot of garden work and planted flowers, etc. Now I live in an apartment building, and it was nice to do garden work for a long time, and I planted sunflowers in the concrete jungle of the apartment building. A friend of mine said that he wouldn't have the guts to plant flowers in the yards of an apartment building, but it is so useful and a joy not only for bees and birds, but also for passers-by to admire the splendor of flowers. Previously, the Theosophical Order of Service also had Gardeners for Peace, which made peace gardens and there was also a campaign called Plant Flowers not Bombs, where flower seeds were sent around the world to be grown,


The spiritual meaning of sun flowers is explained here:


Sunflowers can grow tall and strong even in adverse conditions, making them symbols of longevity and resilience. The sunflower can also be seen as a symbol of enlightenment, spiritual awakening, and personal growth. Its bright yellow petals and radiant energy are thought to bring positivity and joy into people's lives.


Sunflower Symbolism: A Deeper Look at the Meaning Behind This Cheerful Flower

Different cultures have their own interpretation of what this beloved bloom signifies.


https://www.1800flowers.com/articles/flower-facts/sunflower-meaning-and-symbolism


Sunflowers have long been associated with happiness and joy, but what else do these cheerful blooms represent? Various cultures around the world view sunflowers in a symbolic way, and many of them have ascribed their own meaning to this beloved flower. Let's take a closer look at sunflower symbolism to better understand what these vibrant flowers signify.



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Here is akso couple of links how gardening makes you happy and how in Finland's kindergarten gardening has positive effects.


Why Gardening Makes You Happy and Cures Depression


https://permaculture.com.au/why-gardening-makes-you-happy-and-cures-depression/


While mental health experts warn about depression as a global epidemic, other researchers are discovering ways we trigger our natural production of happy chemicals that keep depression at bay, with surprising results. All you need to do is get your fingers dirty and harvest your own food.


In recent years I’ve come across two completely independent bits of research that identified key environmental triggers for two important chemicals that boost our immune system and keep us happy – serotonin and dopamine. What fascinated me as a permaculturist and gardener were that the environmental triggers happen in the garden when you handle the soil and harvest your crops.


Getting your hands dirty in the garden can increase your serotonin levels – contact with soil and a specific soil bacteria, Mycobacterium vaccae, triggers the release of serotonin in our brain according to research. Serotonin is a happy chemical, a natural anti-depressant and strengthens the immune system. Lack of serotonin in the brain causes depression.


Harvest ‘High’ – Dopamine

Another interesting bit of research relates to the release of dopamine in the brain when we harvest products from the garden. The researchers hypothesise that this response evolved over nearly 200,000 years of hunter gathering, that when food was found (gathered or hunted) a flush of dopamine released in the reward centre of brain triggered a state of bliss or mild euphoria. The dopamine release can be triggered by sight (seeing a fruit or berry) and smell as well as by the action of actually plucking the fruit.


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Daycares in Finland Built a 'Forest Floor', And It Changed Children's Immune Systems


https://www.sciencealert.com/daycares-in-finland-built-a-backyard-forest-and-it-changed-children-s-immune-systems


Playing through the greenery and litter of a mini forest's undergrowth for just one month may be enough to change a child's immune system, according to a small new experiment.


When daycare workers in Finland rolled out a lawn, planted forest undergrowth such as dwarf heather and blueberries, and allowed children to care for crops in planter boxes, the diversity of microbes in the guts and on the skin of young kids appeared healthier in a very short space of time.


Compared to other city kids who play in standard urban daycares with yards of pavement, tile and gravel, 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds at these greened-up daycare centres in Finland showed increased T-cells and other important immune markers in their blood within 28 days.














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