The Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering Nature in the Modern World

Sue Stewart-Smith, a renowned psychiatrist and avid gardener, offers an inspiring and useful book about the healing effects of gardening on the human mind, its ability to reduce stress and promote well-being in everyday life.

The author explores numerous examples of the interaction between the mind and the garden and describes how gardening can be a way to heal the wounded soul. From her grandfather's return from World War I to Freud's fascination with flowers, from the stories of her patients to progressive gardening programs in places like Rikers Island prison in New York, Sue Stewart-Smith provides compelling examples of how gardening is much more important to our cognition than we think. Profound, life-affirming, and pragmatic, Horticulture: How to Get Rid of the Weeds in Your Head is an ideal read for people striving for a healthy mental life.