13th July 2023 • The HERALD • Page 53 v GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE HERALD v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ Smithwood Landscaping Professional Gardening & Landscaping • Garden Redesign • Astro Turf • Trees & Shrubs Carefully Pruned • Rockeries Designed • Fencing • Ground Cover • Seasonal Tidy Ups No Job Too Small as I am a Local Gardener Any advice over the phone is freely given Contact Gary (Master Landscaper) 07707 433194 INSULATED GARDEN ROOMS From ONLY £5,000 Ring John to arrange a site visit & advice 07526 699 040 01590 678 495 Johnmaunsell48@gmail.com Woodlands Gardening Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings start at 7.30pm at Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh. eir next meeting takes place on Tuesday 12th September for a talk by Debbie Green on National Clematis Viticella collection held and managed by Longstock Park Nursery. Visitors are very welcome at £2.50; for more information about the club, call Susanna on: 023 8029 2953. Gardening is associated with many health bene ts including improved physical, mental and social wellbeing. Mowing the lawn, digging, weeding and other gardening tasks can help us stay active and hit our weekly exercise goal and simply spending more time outdoors has been shown to improve sleep. If you don’t have a garden, or outdoor space, you can still reap many of the bene ts by planting in pots on windowsills or joining a local gardening group near you. Read on for our top tips to get started and ideas of what to grow. Getting started Whether you are growing indoors or outdoors, a thriving plant starts with good soil. e surest way to make sure your plants get o to a good start is to buy a bag of compost and use this to start your seedlings; once they are well-established you can re-plant them into regular soil in your garden. To save money on buying little pots, you can start your seedlings in clean yoghurt pots or any other containers you can save from your kitchen, just poke something sharp through the bottom to allow for some drainage. Grow heart-healthy herbs Eating too much salt can contribute to increased blood pressure, using herbs in cooking is a great way to add avour without adding salt. Herbs are one of the easiest things to grow and great for beginners to try. ey are a great choice for indoor growing as they do well in pots on a sunny windowsill. If you’re planting them outdoors, choose the sunniest spot you can nd. Chives, mint, basil, parsley, and thyme are just a few that are easy to care for. You can either grow from seeds or buy the small plants from the supermarket and re-pot them. Involve the whole family Gardening is a hobby for all ages, and it’s a nice activity to do with children. Children love to see owers grow and growing vegetables together can be a great way to encourage them to try them, which is especially helpful if you have a picky eater. It is also watch the sense of joy they get from seeing the fruits of their labour. To help keep your heart healthy, why not try out some of our healthy recipes from our website: heartresearch. org.uk/heart-researchuk-recipes-2 Healthy Heart Tip: The Power of Gardening written by the Health Promotion and Education Team at Heart Research UK National Clematis a great way to introduce a little responsibility in the form of caring for something else, let children choose what owers and vegetables they want to grow and
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