Greenery brings calm, energy and a boost to your health and well-being. Make your garden green by replacing tiles with trees, shrubs and a colourful mix of perennials. Even having a view of green surroundings does wonders for your state of mind!
Years of enjoyment
Perennials are a quick and easy way to create a beautifully green garden. You plant them once and can then enjoy them for years because they return bigger and stronger every spring. And the good news is that you can find perennials to suit every garden – from shady to sun-drenched and even rooftop gardens!
No stress and loads of atmosphere!
Want your garden to have a natural feel? Then choose native plants such as daisies (Leucanthemum) and cranesbill (Geranium). Mix these with real butterfly magnets such as autumn aster (Aster), whirling butterflies (Gaura) and purpletop vervain (Verbena bonariensis). The latter two are short-lived perennials that last about two or three years but they bloom profusely! Is a natural garden a little too wild for you? Then work with large groups of perennials in a calm colour palette. Leafy plants such as plantain lilies (Hosta) also add harmony to the border.
Green effects
Take a seat in your garden chair surrounded by greenery and you will soon feel more relaxed. In addition to its stress-reducing effects, greenery delivers other benefits such as healthy, clean air. It also has a lovely cooling effect on hot summer days, so you can say goodbye to heat stress and discomfort!
Tips & facts
- Gardening is healthy. You get to work outside in the fresh air. Maybe even have a chat with the neighbours. It’s all good for your physical and mental health.
- Children benefit a lot from a green living environment, such as living gardens and green schoolyards. Contact with greenery is good for concentration and learning performance, but above all, playing in greenery is great fun!
- A green neighbourhood invites healthy activities such as a relaxing stroll or going for a run. You can contribute to a green, healthy neighbourhood by having a front garden or facade full of perennials.
- A perennial is a plant that returns annually as it grows from its roots. Unlike annual or biennial plants, perennials only die off above the ground during the winter, while the roots survive and sprout again in the next growing season.
