With so many gardening programs on the UK TV Channels lately, and the Summer fast approaching us. It's not really surprising to learn that Today is "National Gardening Exercise Day" 🌱

This important event for gardeners is also listed on the "National Holiday" Calendar for Sunday 6th June 2021. So I thought it would be interesting to learn some more about this green fingered event.

Below is some more INFO about Today's event...

The history of gardening is so old and intertwined with agriculture that it can be challenging to tell where farming ends and gardening begins. However, it’s clear that the first enclosures in forests and wild spaces were made all the way back in 10000 B.C. Humans used these enclosures as a kind of primitive landscaping, as well as to produce food. It’s probable that the first real farms and gardens were established in Mesopotamia.

Gardening flourished all over the world, and almost at the same time! While evidence of ancient rice cultivation was found in China in 7000 B.C., corn was found in Central America, and so on.

All over the world, different flowers, produce, and herbs sprung up and were domesticated, then shared. By 1100 B.C., gardens had moved beyond agriculture, cropping up in front of temples and around public buildings.

Between 100 BC and 100 A.D., books on horticulture, agriculture, and botany started to take off. They depicted everything from rural life and herbal medicines to waterworks that were placed in gardens.

Letters described beautiful villa gardens teeming with carefully domesticated and cultivated plants. ‘Scholar gardens’ and palace gardens reflected culture and government as civilizations flourished. The study of botany emerged in the 1600s, followed by botanical gardens.

Above "Text Source" Info from [here]

• The National Calendar Website Link [here] (for even more INFO).

Now for some appropriate Music...

For my song choice Today ~ This song is by the British group "Savage Garden" which I thought was most appropriate for Today's event.

My Song Selection For Today is: "Truly Madly Deeply" by ©Savage Garden

Above Music Video Source: ©YouTube [Here]

Below "Screen Shot" sourced from [here]

Also notice that the special Twitter "hash tag" #NationalGardeningExerciseDay is currently trending!

So you can start interacting with many others on Today's topical event, by Tweeting there NOW!...

Many Thanks for reading and listening, I hope that you all learned something new and were entertained. As we all need to keep our brains active!

see you all again very soon... 👋