Green shoots: Gardens help to ease lockdown woes

As the world battles Covid, gardens provide a refuge while also raising opportunities for businesses

A warm spring day in the Botanic Gardens Dublin. Picture: Leon Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

Many people around Ireland and in countries worldwide have turned to gardening to help ease their fears, anxieties, and grief during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Some of them just sit outside in the fresh air silently remembering happier days, watching the antics of meandering cats and prowling dogs, admiring the flight of birds, or just pottering around flower beds and re-arranging garden furniture.