| Many gardeners are the nurturing type: just like | | | | what a simple green can do for the garden. The next |
| Mother Nature. People say they have "green thumbs" | | | | time you go to the greenhouse to pick out flowers |
| because they can make anything grow. Is your | | | | for your garden, take a moment and consider this. |
| personality the growth type? Are you the kind of | | | | It's important because the garden - and your whole |
| person who wants to see others grow and develop? | | | | house - should reflect your personality. If you are the |
| If so, you probably love to be around children and, | | | | nurturer, let the green come out and show the |
| though you are exhausted at the end of the day, | | | | neighborhood that this is your sanctuary. |
| you feel like it is all worth it if you have helped other | | | | When it comes to greenery, use it liberally in the |
| people. So is there green in your garden? | | | | garden. It's difficult to have too much green. Using |
| It seems to be a silly question: is there green in the | | | | green in the garden has a two-fold effect. First, by |
| garden? Most people think that green automatically | | | | filling the garden with a green backdrop, the other |
| appears in the garden. Leaves and stems are almost | | | | colors will stand out more vibrantly. If you set off a |
| always green. But green can also be used as an | | | | firework in the middle of the day, it's rather |
| accent color itself, though it's often overlooked - just | | | | unimpressive. But if you place it on a dark backdrop, |
| like the nurturing individual - a teacher, a preacher, a | | | | it will light up the sky. Green in the garden helps to |
| farmer. These nurturers are vital to the world, but | | | | accomplish this. Green also has a second effect. It |
| often go overlooked. | | | | gives the appearance of a lush, healthy garden. It's |
| Why does the color of a garden even matter? Many | | | | nice to see the different flowers in a garden, but if |
| psychologists have studied the effects of colors on | | | | you fill in the areas between them with some |
| the human psyche for years. Colors both reflect our | | | | greenery it makes the entire landscape seem to |
| current emotions and elicit certain emotions from us. | | | | jump to life. |
| In other words, if you feel happy, you may wear | | | | So when it comes to your garden, does your loving |
| your yellow shirt to work. Yellow is a happy color. If | | | | and nurturing side come to the front? Can your |
| you look on the walls in the doctor's office, they are | | | | neighbors see the effect of your green thumb? With |
| most likely blue or some other calming color. Green is | | | | the careful placement of some green plants, you can |
| a color of growth and nurturing. Used in the garden, | | | | bring your garden to life and make it an extension of |
| can give those feelings liberally. | | | | yourself. After all, you spend a great deal of time, |
| Many people focus on the brightly colored flowers - | | | | effort, and money in the garden. Shouldn't it reflect |
| the reds, yellows, and oranges, but they overlook | | | | part of you? |