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                     Journey- A Gardening Experience
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January 28, 2021
Review
Kunjal Patel
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“MY GARDENING EXPERIENCE”
I started my gardening during the lockdown. I took help from videos and articles where people  
spoke and shared their experiences to get rid of anxiety and anger by doing gardening. So, for  
the last three years, I am pursuing my studies in environmental science, so I am very 
connected  to nature.
And as in my e xperience “nature heals everything“. According to my belief, we 
should  conserve nature and natural resources by gaining sustainable life.
So, one fine day I started by growing Tulsa seed, Aparajita seeds, and Pudina. In one month 
I  got enticing results and I always examined them, then I believed and felt that it is the best  
healing exercise. After that, I kept my eye on creating a garden where I could grow flowering  
plants. So I choose to grow hibiscus, roses, portulaca, marigold, and jasmine. My inner self  
have started feeling happy all the time.
When you keep plants and take care of them one feels special and on another hand it 
keeps  our mind refreshed.
A gardening experience of my kitchen garden
The flowers brought colors and fragrance to my life which was somewhere absent in my life. 
 Then I started getting interested in urban gardening so I read the scientific reasons for  
gardening. So, urban gardening and particularly kitchen gardens is a beneficial thing for our 
 surroundings.
So, after that, the benefits of the kitchen garden inspired me to grow veggies. And during all 
my  journey of being a GARDENER, my grandmother taught me a lot about plants and 
gardening.  So I started with methi(Fenugreek). Me Growing methi at my home in a container 
inspired my  neighbors and my friends to grow their methi at home which was as an 
environmentalist a  proud thing.
Then gradually I grew methi, coriander, onion, garlic, potato, bitter gourd, and tomatoes.
During this entire journey, I also took part in a contest called “best urban gardener” 
arranged  by a website called T he Affordable Organic Store. It has helped me to boost up 
my  confidence.
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The gardening experience and process taught me that each day a new leaf grows and the old  
one falls. So, we should never get upset about our failure as each day brings new 
opportunities.  And the main and most importantly I learned patience. Gardening taught me 
patience,  confidence, expertise, inner silence, and happy life.
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