Let Your Garden Grow Wild | Rebecca McMackin | TED

And real little birds. In these scary times, it can be very difficult to know what to do and how to help. But it's great to

grow

life with

your

own hands. There is now a wealth of research showing how

garden

ing benefits our health and even our happiness. Because we all deserve to live in a healthy and prosperous ecosystem. But it feels even better when we are part of those systems, supporting the plants and pollinators around us the same way they support us. Like many of you, I sometimes feel paralyzed by climate pain as I think about the world we are leaving for our children.

But, frankly,

garden

ing gives me a lot of hope that we can solve some very, very important ones and that we already have the solutions. Many simply involve planting flowers. Thank you so much. (Applause and cheers)