Last spring they launched phase 2, where the theme is ‘More Trees Please’ which is designed to promote the health and well being benefits of trees to a wider audience. The focus includes trees making urban streets safer and creating places for recreation and enjoyment.

Why try to reinvent the wheel? Let’s encourage our industry leaders to learn from our friends down under to imitate and/or collaborate!

If you’re in to any type of sports, you realize it is in your best interest to do warm-up exercises to prepare your body for physical activity. Well it shouldn’t be any different when you garden but I bet a lot of people are like me and don’t prepare to garden properly.

Which is why you need to meet my friend Stacy Walters Best of Fit to Garden.

Sign-up for her mailing list to receive her newsletter and you’ll also have access to her Fit to Garden Guides including Gardening Warm-ups, Proper Gardening Bio-mechanics, Post Gardening Stretches, Core Stabilization Training and more! 

Why not begin with an indoor house plant? Keep it simple; choose from a snake plant, spider plant and/or a golden pothos. I recommend one of these because they are common and easy to find, relatively inexpensive and best of all, they are easy to grow selections.

Besides being an indoor design accessory which can brighten up any room, houseplants help clean and purify the air and can create a more relaxing environment to help you de-stress.

Click here for some tips on growing indoor plants.