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Garden therapy: finding optimism and the will to persevere in the dirt

March 23, 2020 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

Senior woman with two girls in a garden with daffodils

Gardening requires optimism. You have to look forward with hope and see past the weeds and the voracious insects to the season of your favourite rose or the first snap peas. You have to persevere.

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