National Gardening Week

National Gardening Week is the first week of June and The Dig Plant and Grow Garden Club wants to take this opportunity to raise awareness of gardening and horticulture and encourage people to participate in healthy and productive outdoor activity. Gardening is good for our mental and physical health, reducing the risk of depression, osteoporosis, and stroke and as an added bonus we get some pretty nice plants out of it!    

Here are four ways to celebrate National Gardening Week in your area: 

1) It’s not too late to get started on a veggie patch in your garden by planting carrots, tomatoes, radishes, eggplant, and summer squash.  

2) Join a gardening club or wildlife society where you can learn more about the natural world and meet people with similar interests.

3) If you have little ones in your life (children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews), experience the wonder of plants and visit the Cleveland Botanical Garden. 

4) These heat and drought tolerant flowers will bloom all summer long. Just give them plenty of sun and well-drained soil.  (Sunflowers, Zinnias, and Coneflowers)

And remember "The hum of bees is the voice of the garden." —Elizabeth Lawrence