Irish author's new book opens a mindful chapter in the garden

Horticultural therapist and writer Fiann Ó Nualláin tells us how moments in the garden can be a wellspring of inspiration

Horticultural therapist and author Fiann Ó Nualláin.

Pandemic restrictions have meant people who've never picked up a trowel in their lives are now often digging out the purple prose to describe their plots.

Because, as many will have realised, gardening is “a natural wellspring of mindfulness and wellbeing". Those are the words of horticultural therapist Fiann Ó Nualláin who has just penned a book,  Seeds of Mindfulness: 101 Mindful Moments in the Garden.