Every year on the first Saturday in May is Naked Gardening Day. We reveal where this tradition comes from and how the day is celebrated by hobby gardeners around the world.
It sounds pretty funny that there's an official Naked Gardening Day. Since 2005, nude gardening has been celebrated on the first Saturday in May. The day was probably founded by a nudist movement from the USA, who wanted to promote and celebrate the acceptance of the naked human body. What better place to celebrate the natural, naked body than your own garden?
But of course this annual event is also to be understood with a certain tongue in cheek. According to the founders of WNGD (World Naked Gardening Day), the first Saturday in May should be fun, light-hearted and in no way politically motivated - and should be understood as such. Precisely because the day doesn't take itself too seriously, garden enthusiasts all over the world are now celebrating the WNGD. Many also share photos on social media of what naked gardening looks like on them. But fear not: most gardeners have found fun ways to cover the most intimate parts of their bodies after all.
Even Adam and Eve, who lived in the Garden of Eden, could be seen as biblical precursors of the World Naked Gardening Day eventually went naked (at least up to the point where they tasted the apple of the tree of knowledge to have).
If you’ve got a taste for it and want to celebrate this year’s World Naked Gardening Day as well, you should consider the following tips:
- Keep your distance from roses or other thorny plants
- Don't repot cacti
- Apply sunscreen to sensitive areas (that don't see the sun that often).
- Warn young family members in particular
- Stay in your own garden and don't go naked to the nearest botanical garden
The entire Plantura team, most of whom are clothed, wish you a happy World Naked Gardening Day.
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