Managing your new garden…

If your new home has a garden, you may be wondering what you should plant.

The Space Doctors talked about designing gardens where you can relax and have great times in this article. and also search “garden” in our search box, or create your own journal here using the search term “garden”.

Your garden can have a meaningful effect on your life in your home via the smell of the plants that you grow – which may influence what you decide to plant.

Rigorous scientific research has shown that that these plants can influence your mental state in meaningful ways:

• Florals – reduce anxiety (to a very great extent, after smelling hyacinths and jasmine, for instance)
• Orange – lowers anxiety levels
• Lavender – relaxes and encourages better sleep while enhancing trust in other people and reducing cravings for cigarettes
• Lemon – another relaxer which also improves mood and cognitive performance (and has also been tied to feeling lighter and thinner)
• Grapefruit and also tangerine – energize
• Mango – helps people feel more relaxed
• Rosemary and sage – both improve memory function and rosemary elevates alertness
• Peppermint – boosts memory performance and alertness all while enhancing physical performance (and making physical work seem like, well, less work)
• Strawberry – links to feeling happy
• Green apple – seems to make a space seem larger