I don’t know what it is about a garden that has always drawn humans to我不知道这是一个大花园,总是引起人类
them.他们. But they’ve always been very popular, and an integral part of但他们一直很受欢迎,而不可分割的一部分
peoples’ lifestyles.人民的生活方式. Most religions feature gardens as the settings for大多数宗教特色园林的设置
some of the biggest events According to Christianity, humanity was started一些最大的事件,据信基督教,人类开始
in a garden and the son of God was resurrected in a garden.在植物园和神的儿子,复活的一座花园. The Buddhist佛教
build gardens to allow nature to permeate their surroundings.建设花园,让自然渗透到自己周围. Almost every几乎每个
major palace and government building has a garden.大皇宫和政府大楼,有一个花园. But what’s so great但是,怎么这么大
about them?呢? They’re just a bunch of plants, after all.他们只是一群植物,毕竟.

Of course, the reasoning is fairly obvious behind why people grow food in当然,道理是相当明显落后,为什么别人成长的食物
gardens.花园. It’s to eat!它的吃饭! If you live off the fat of the land and actually如果你活过肥的土地,实际上
survive on stuff from your garden, it’s easy to understand the reasoning.生存的东西从你的花园,很容易明白的道理.
But I’m thinking about those people who plant flower gardens just for the但我想到那些植物花卉园林只是为
sake of looking nice.为了寻找尼斯. There’s no immediate benefit that I can see; you有没有直接的好处,我可以看到;你
just have a bunch of flowers in your yard!刚刚一束鲜花,在您的庭院! However, after thinking不过,思前想后
extensively about the motivation behind planting decorative gardens, I’ve广泛的背后动机装饰种植园,所以特地
conceived several possible theories.设想的几个可能的理论.

I think one of the reasons people love gardens so much is that while we我认为原因之一,人民爱花园这么多问题是,虽然我们
have a natural desire to progress and industrialize, deep within all of us有一个自然欲望的进步和产业化,深所有人
is a primal love for nature.是一种原始的热爱大自然. While this desire might not be as strong as虽然这种欲望可能不是那么强劲
the desire for modernism, it is still strong enough to compel us to create渴求现代性,但仍强大到足以迫使我们创造
gardens, small outlets of nature, in the midst of all our hustle and花园,小店铺的性质,在我们所有的事物,
bustle.邓丽君. Since being in nature is like regressing to an earlier stage of自性就像regressing较早阶段
humanity, we too can regress to a time of comfort and utter happiness.人类,我们也可以回归到一个时间的安慰和无私的幸福.
This is why gardens are so relaxing and calming to be in. This is why这就是为什么花园都是那么轻松和平息内的抉择,这是为什么
gardens are a good place to meditate and do tai chi exercises.园林是个好地方修行,并演练太极. A garden is一园
a way to quickly escape from the busy world.如何尽快摆脱繁忙的世界.

I’ve thought at times that perhaps we as humans feel a sort of guilt我想到时候,或许我们作为人类感到一种罪恶感
driving us to restore nature and care for it.驾驶我们能够恢复性质和爱护它. This guilt could stem from这个罪恶感可能来源于
the knowledge that we, not personally but as a race, have destroyed so据我们所知,没有个人,而且作为一个种族,都破坏等
much of nature to get where we are today.很自然的,我们走到今天. It’s the least we can do to它至少可以做
build a small garden in remembrance of all the trees we kill every day.建一座小花园,纪念所有的树木,我们每天都在夺走.
It’s my theory that this is the underlying reason for most people to take这是我的理论,这是根本原因是许多人接受
up gardening as a hobby.截至园艺作为一种业余爱好.

Gardening is definitely a healthy habit though, don’t get me wrong.园艺绝对是一个健康的习惯,不过,不要弄错. Any任何
hobby that provides physical exercise, helps the environment, and improves嗜好,提供体育锻炼,有利于环境的保护和改善
your diet can’t be a negative thing.你的饮食,不可能是一个负面的东西. So no matter what the underlying所以不管背后
psychological cause for gardening is, I think that everyone should心理成因园艺,我认为大家应该
continue to do so.继续这么做. In the USA especially, which is dealing with obesity在美国,尤其是对付肥胖
and pollution as its two major problems, I think gardening can only serve和污染两大问题,我认为园艺只会
to improve the state of the world.为改善世界的状况.

Of course I’m no psychologist; I’m just a curious gardener.我当然没有心理学家;我只是一个好奇的园丁. I often stay我经常逗留
up for hours wondering what makes me garden.截至小时wondering更令我花园. What is it that makes me go究竟是什么让我走
outside for a few hours every day with my favorite resources while I'm in my garden外面了好几个小时,每天我最喜欢的资源,虽然我在我的花园
is my gardening tools, and facilitate the small-time growth of plants that是我的园艺工具,并促进小时间对植物的生长,
would grow naturally on their own?将自然生长的自己? Imay never know, but in this caseimay永远不知道,但在这种情况
ignorance truly is bliss.无知真是幸福.