Gardening has always been about more than just soil and seasons. It’s therapy in its truest form. As the world spins ever faster and our lives become more screen-obsessed and stress-filled as we surround ourselves with gadgets designed to help us and to give us more free time to unwind, the garden remains a quiet sanctuary, a place to breathe, to feel, and to simply be.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and surely now, it’s time we recognise gardening not only as a hobby or a passion, but as an antidote, a treatment, a lifeline.