The biggest celebrity wellness secret right now? Vegetable gardening.
Case in point: David Beckham just updated his 88 million followers on his homegrown kale, spring onions, cabbages and wild flowers: “I can hear my East End mates going, âhe has changed,â he said on Instagram. Pamela Anderson has also become a woman of the earth, sharing the bounty from her own garden on social media.
Nicole Kidman, whoâs famous for her red-carpet glamour, is said to have an organic vegetable garden on her Tennessee farm as well, while Blake Lively called flower arranging âstraight-up peaceâ while working on her new film, It Ends With Us.
Not to mention the intimate family video shared by the Princess of Wales this week, in which she revealed the happy news that she has completed chemotherapy. Captured spending time amongst the trees, walking through fields of wheat and driving her Land Rover in the countryside, Kate Middleton seems to have rediscovered a love of nature while healing from cancer. Her father-in-law, the King, is also said to enjoy foraging while heâs in the Scottish Highlands (and a note for non-royals: a visit to Balmoralâs vegetable and wildflower gardens is the equivalent of heaven on earth).
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Whether youâve got access to an allotment or simply a supermarket-bought basil plant, we humans loveâand needânature. As we move into autumnâa season defined by the harvestâweâre reminded of the great outdoorsâ ability to nourish mind, body and soul. Technically known as âbiophiliaâ, humans are innately predisposed to find an affinity with the great outdoors, if only we give ourselves the opportunity. A number of studies have shown that those who interact and connect with nature are healthier and happier than those who donât.
Alfie Nickerson, founder of Burnt Fen Flowers, now champions British blooms through his biodynamic flower business in Norfolk, but he first began vegetable gardening when he lived in London.
