“It's been proven by quite a few studies that plants are good for our psychological development. If you green an area, the rate of crime goes down. Torture victims begin to recover when they spend time outside in a garden with flowers. So we need them, in some deep psychological sense, which I don't suppose anybody really understands yet.” IfsNeedsStudyCrimeFlowerDevelopmentAreasGardenVictimGreenPlantRatePsychologicalTortureProvenEnd TimesSpend TimePsychological Development Author:Jane Goodall
“Once we become interested in the progress of the plants in our care, their development becomes a part of the rhythm of our own lives and we are refreshed by it.” CareProgressDevelopmentGardenPlantRhythmGarden Love Book:MAKING THINGS GROW Source: MAKING THINGS GROW
“When State Way Gardens and The Robert Taylor Homes were being torn down, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to use that as a backdrop for the development of a super hero narrative.” WayStatesUseHomeOpportunityPerfectDevelopmentHeroGardenNarrativeTornBackdropSuper Hero Author:Kerry James Marshall
“We can be hindered in our development and our personal growth by political conditions. Outer circumstances can constrain us. Only when we are free to develop our innate abilities can we live as free beings. But we are just as much determined by inner potential and outer opportunities as the Stone Age boy on the Rhine, the lion in Africa, or the apple tree in the garden.” AgePoliticalOpportunityGrowthAbilityBoysTreeConditionsDevelopmentCircumstancesGardenStonesPersonal GrowthDeterminedApplesLionsInnateConstrainApple TreesStone Age Author:Jostein Gaarder