﻿How 
  Gardening 
  Helps 
  To 
  Build 
  Character 
  

  

  WEST 
  GROVE, 
  PENNSYLVANIA 
  

  

  Spring 
  , 
  1961 
  

  

  In 
  these 
  days 
  of 
  tension 
  and 
  complexities, 
  the 
  pressures 
  of 
  

   life 
  tend 
  very 
  often 
  to 
  disturb 
  seriously, 
  if 
  not 
  entirely 
  destroy, 
  

   one's 
  peace 
  of 
  mind. 
  Many 
  people 
  think 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  resort 
  to 
  

   artificial 
  tranquilizers 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  help 
  them 
  to 
  stay 
  on 
  an 
  even 
  

   keel 
  — 
  a 
  method, 
  I 
  would 
  say, 
  which 
  runs 
  a 
  very 
  poor 
  second 
  to 
  the 
  

   most 
  salutary 
  tranquilizer 
  of 
  them 
  all, 
  a 
  natural 
  tranquilizer 
  called 
  GARDENING. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  when 
  one 
  works 
  in 
  his 
  garden, 
  he 
  develops 
  a 
  deeper 
  understanding 
  of 
  what 
  life 
  is 
  all 
  about, 
  

   what 
  his 
  place 
  in 
  it 
  is, 
  and 
  how 
  to 
  adjust 
  to 
  it 
  for 
  greatest 
  personal 
  satisfaction. 
  Under 
  his 
  hands 
  and 
  before 
  

   his 
  eyes, 
  he 
  sees 
  the 
  miracle 
  of 
  life 
  itself 
  —a 
  performance 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  a 
  major 
  part, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  he 
  who 
  helps 
  the 
  

   plant 
  to 
  grow 
  and 
  flourish. 
  In 
  doing 
  so, 
  the 
  man 
  or 
  woman 
  who 
  "gardens" 
  comes 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  fuller 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  

   ways 
  of 
  Nature, 
  and 
  accordingly 
  of 
  Life. 
  He 
  finds 
  that 
  cares 
  drop 
  away— 
  that 
  problems 
  fall 
  into 
  proper 
  per- 
  

   spective—that 
  relative 
  values 
  assume 
  their 
  correct 
  meanings. 
  

  

  The 
  gardener 
  finds, 
  too, 
  that 
  while 
  his 
  mind 
  is 
  getting 
  a 
  measure 
  of 
  contentment, 
  his 
  body 
  also 
  is 
  reaping 
  a 
  

   benefit. 
  Gardening 
  requires 
  the 
  physical 
  exercise 
  of 
  muscles 
  ... 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  activity 
  which, 
  although 
  not 
  hard 
  to 
  

   do, 
  keeps 
  one 
  in 
  healthy 
  trim. 
  

  

  I 
  find 
  it 
  easy 
  to 
  agree 
  with 
  those 
  who 
  say 
  that 
  gardening 
  makes 
  for 
  character-building, 
  and 
  that 
  children 
  whose 
  

   parents 
  are 
  gardeners, 
  and 
  who, 
  themselves, 
  are 
  exposed 
  to 
  gardening, 
  are 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  

   ranks 
  of 
  juvenile 
  delinquents. 
  Even 
  more, 
  I 
  would 
  venture 
  the 
  thought 
  that 
  such 
  children 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  

   becoming 
  true 
  philosophers 
  ... 
  a 
  happy 
  breed. 
  

  

  With 
  best 
  wishes 
  for 
  your 
  gardening 
  pleasure, 
  I 
  am 
  

  

  Sincerely, 
  

  

  NONE 
  FINER 
  ANYWHERE 
  

  

  President 
  

  

  THE 
  CONARD-PYLE 
  CO. 
  

  

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