- Growing your own fruits and vegetables can offer you the opportunity to reduce the amount of pesticides that you use in your garden, making them healthier.
- Growing your own fruits and vegetables will save you money at the grocery store.
- Gardening increases physical activity. It is a great way to engage the whole family in physical activity and let them help to take responsibility for the garden.
- The fruits and vegetables grown in your garden will promote health because they are rich in nutrients, especially in phytochemicals, anti-oxidants, vitamin C, vitamin A and folate.
- Gardening gives you a real sense of appreciation when you can see the bounty of your efforts. Growing a garden gives you a new appreciation for nature, when you have the opportunity to see how things grow.
- Gardening may stimulate many new interests. You may want to learn more about botany, landscape architecture, photography, nutrition, and farmer’s markets.
- Gardening gives you the opportunity to give back. If you have an abundant garden, you might give some of your produce to the local soup kitchen or food bank.
- This can be a great time to create memories with your children, memories that can last a lifetime.
- Your garden can lead to new skills, and knowledge for you and your family, your child may have a new found interest to become a chef!
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