Whether you’re starting fresh or picking up where you left off, now’s the perfect time to turn gardening into a healthy new habit. Here’s why:

1. Homegrown is Healthier

When you grow your own vegetables, you control exactly what goes into your garden—and onto your plate. Using organic fertilizers like Espoma Organic Plant-tone or  Garden-tone and healthy soils like Espoma Organic Raised Bed Mix or Potting Mix ensures your food is full of nutrients and free from synthetic chemicals. Plus, research shows that gardeners naturally eat more fruits and veggies, making it a smart step toward a healthier lifestyle.

2. Gardening Gets You Moving

Gardening is a full-body workout disguised as a relaxing hobby. Activities like digging, planting, weeding, and watering can burn 300–400 calories per hour, while building strength and reducing stress. Whether you’re planting with Espoma Bio-tone Starter Plus for strong roots or amending your beds with Land & Sea Gourmet Compost, every moment spent in the garden helps you stay active and energized.

3. Quality Time with Kids

Gardening offers an incredible opportunity to teach kids about nature, sustainability, and healthy eating. Planting sweet tomatoes, juicy strawberries, or colorful flowers together becomes a rewarding, hands-on way to connect. Boost their success—and excitement—by using organic fertilizers like Espoma Organic Tomato! Liquid Plant Food for veggies or Holly-tone for acid-loving favorites like blueberries and hydrangeas.

4. A Garden Adds Beauty and Life

Whether it’s a vibrant flower container, a lush raised bed, or a pollinator-friendly garden, a little green can transform any space. Using rich, organic soils like Espoma Organic Potting Soil Mix or Land & Sea Gourmet Compost gives your plants the foundation they need to grow strong and beautiful, while creating a welcoming home for butterflies, birds, and bees.

5. An Outlet for Creativity

Your garden is your canvas. Try something new each season—like mixing bold annuals with native perennials or creating a mini kitchen garden filled with fresh herbs. Give new plantings a great start with Espoma Organic Bio-tone Starter Plus formulated to help plants establish strong roots.

6. A Personal Escape

When life gets hectic, your garden can be your sanctuary. Whether you’re pulling weeds, watering seedlings, or simply admiring the first bloom of the season, gardening offers simple, satisfying moments of peace. Plus, harvesting your own food, grown with organic care, makes every meal more meaningful.

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Spring is here, and there’s no better way to celebrate the new season than by getting outside and gardening. Even better, why not garden with your friends, families, and community members? It’s the perfect way to help our planet while also connecting with the people closest in your life. Don’t believe it? Here’s why gardening with other people should be at the top of your to-do list this spring.

1. It benefits your health.

Verywell Family says that gardening is a moderately intense form of exercise. It’s a great way to burn some calories without feeling like you’ve just run a marathon. This also means it’s a fun way to get your family physically active as well. The website states that, “Kids ages three to five need to get three hours of physical activity each day, and older kids need a minimum of an hour daily.” You and your family can bond over planting onions, corn, potatoes, you name it! As a bonus, Espoma’s Garden-tone Natural & Organic Fertilizer will have your family fawning over your healthy crops all season long.

2. It benefits the environment.

It goes without saying that when you plant a garden, you’re significantly doing good for the environment. Greenmatters claims that gardening improves air quality, protects soil, lessens global warming, minimizes landfills, and saves different kinds of wildlife. These might seem like daunting tasks, but it’s really easier than you think. Verywell Family suggests that when gardening with your family, “You might invest in a rain barrel and start a compost pile to make your garden more Earth-friendly, too.” 

Gardens for kids are an easy, engaging way to learn more about sustainability and its importance for our planet. And even for those who aren’t children, you’re never too late to learn something new. Gardening can teach your friends, family, and fellow neighbors about all the green benefits of growing plants and crops.

3. It’s just plain fun.

Whoever you plant your garden with, you go on a journey together to grow something entirely new. 

Harddy explains that “Watching the plants start to grow is an incredible achievement. When the planting is done together as a family, it makes the entire process even more meaningful from start to finish.” 

This rewarding process is a bonding experience that can strengthen your relationship with your family and local community. There’s also tons of ways to spice up your garden to make it a fun time for everyone involved. 

Playful Acre thinks that adding themes to your garden can make your children more engaged and interested in helping out. The blog tells us that having garden bed ideas spanning from “fairy tales to stories to favorite vacations abroad” can make your time outside all the more fulfilling.

Once your luscious garden is complete, the fun does not end there. There’s lots of ways afterwards to enhance the beauty of all your hard work.

Harddy recommends to “Use this time to come up with some beautiful decor you and your children can make together. Buy some terra cotta pots and have everyone paint one in their own unique designs. You can also clip the flowers you’ve grown to make gorgeous decorative arrangements for the dinner table.”

No matter who you garden with, whether your family, friends, or other local green thumbs, social gardening is your answer to springtime fun. Just as importantly, there are health benefits to gardening that keeps you and your close circle physically active on a daily basis. And of course, we need to upkeep our planet to make it a safe, beautiful place for everyone, and gardening helps us accomplish exactly that.

We can’t wait to see you and your squad planting seeds and growing meaningful relationships. Check out all our products ranging from fertilizers, to soils, and everything in between to make your next planting party a success. Happy gardening!

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