Botanical gardens have a rich history, and still provide benefits now

Whereas botanical gardens have advanced from their medicinal roots in Sixteenth-century Italy, their crops can nonetheless convey peace and pleasure to our busy lives, says Beronda L. Montgomery
Life
| Columnist
1 June 2022
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ONE of my favorite ever pastimes is to go to botanical gardens. In nearly each metropolis I’m going to, I make time to wander and linger amongst crops.
My native botanical gardens, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Michigan, are a plant and artwork lovers’ haven. Whilst you may assume {that a} journey to a specific backyard could be an rare occasion, I really like to go to a number of instances a yr, having fun with the pink swamp milkweed and black-eyed Susan flowers supporting the butterflies in spring, and the yellow, orange and purple chrysanthemum flowers in autumn.
Whether or not the trees are naked, …