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HAPPY AND HEALTHY conditions) and are more resistant to pest
and disease infections.
GARDENING CHOICES Grow-your-own. Your garden is a
source of healthy, home-grown
sustenance and nutrition
‘Everything in life is the reflection of a choice you have made, if Growing your own fruit, herbs and veggies
you want a different result, make a different choice’ is not for the faint-hearted. It’s easy to start,
but not so easy to follow through. Here
– Unknown are the EcoBuz ‘magic words of wisdom’
– keep it simple, start small and get the
basics right.
Choose gardening more calcium, making bones stronger
and the immune system healthier. Being Healthy, nutritious food is grown in
If Covid-19 has taught us anything, it is outdoors is also ‘good for the soul’. healthy, living soil. Grow-your-own gives
to value health and wellness. Individually Ecotherapy is an approach that rests on the
and as families, our awareness of co- idea that people have a deep connection you the opportunity to decide exactly
morbidities (if you even knew what to their environment and to the earth what you ‘do’ and ‘don’t’ use in your garden.
that word meant pre-Covid) has been itself. Studies around the world have Our pre-measured sachets allow for easy
heightened by the pandemic. Countries, directly linked the impacts of gardening to mixing and applications will not burn or
governments and communities have a better quality of life in both urban and
gone to extremes to care and protect the rural settings, with benefits for everyone, harm your plants.
more vulnerable members of our society. from children to seniors.
Healthy living and lifestyle choices are in Your garden and healthy food
the spotlight and are clearly here to stay. Consider the unique ‘eco-system’ choices
created by your garden It's not always easy making healthy food
At EcoBuz, we believe gardening has
a critical role to play in contributing to A healthy garden is filled with life and choices, but gardening may help.
everyday healthy lifestyle choices. energy. This ‘life’ includes the flora and ‘Growing-your-own’ fruit, vegetables, and
fauna above, below and amongst your herbs will ensure you have regular, easy
Gardening is a form of outdoor plants. A healthy garden starts with living access to nutritious food, grown to your
exercise and activity soil that is rich in organic matter (compost standards. Plus, people (and children) who
and humus) to support soil microbes,
Did you know that you can burn up to earthworms and sustain healthy strong grow-their-own are more likely to eat their
300 calories an hour with ‘light gardening roots. harvests. Studies have revealed increased
food literacy associated with youths
activities’? Whilst active in your garden, actively involved in gardening activities,
your body also releases endorphins – Healthy gardens include a diversity of
the hormone that makes people feel plants – whether indigenous, exotic, with greater positive emotional impacts
relaxed and satisfied. As such, gardening foliage or flowering, the variety is needed in addition to the nutritional benefits of
is regarded as being therapeutic and a to support, attract and feed a wide range fresh, home-grown produce.
source of stress relief for many. of insects, birds and small mammals. In summary, healthy gardens are happy

Spending time in the sun helps increase Healthy gardens are more resilient to gardens. If you are privileged enough to
the levels of Vitamin D in your body. ‘tough times’. Strong plants are more have a garden – make the most of it and
Vitamin D enables your body to absorb likely to survive extremes (heat, wind, dry enjoy!
The EcoBuz team LSA

The EcoBuz Nurture Range includes ‘soil food’
and two foliar nutrition solutions targeting key
growth stages. The EcoBuz Protect Range offers
biological pest and disease control solutions.
These products contain beneficial bacteria and
fungal spores, which are natural predators of
the pest and disease to be controlled. EcoBuz
biopesticides are safe to use in the garden and
are pet, bird and bee-friendly, with no harmful
effects on the environment.

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10 Landscape SA • Issue 99 2021