It’s spring time, which means that everything is in full bloom. Spring is an energizing time that tends to inspire me to get creative. While everything outside is budding and blossoming, why not do some growing of your own?
My husband and I dabble casually in gardening. We are by no means experts, but we enjoy planting various fruits, vegetables, and herbs. As they grow it is amazing to see them begin to produce. We tend to get giddy realizing that something we planted is producing a harvest. There’s a sense that we played a small part in the miracle of life (We obviously don’t have children yet!).
The growth of plants is similar to that of relationships. As you sow, tend to, nourish, and nurture relationships, growth and harvest occur. With that in mind, I have an activity for you and your sweetheart to do together than can help illustrate this process while constantly reminding you of the need to nurture your love and relationship.
Activity:
- Go to your local Lowe’s or gardening store.
- Together, pick out at least three different plants. They can be herbs, fruit, or vegetables. Make sure to pick things out you both like.
- Pick up three pots, soil, and any other tools you don’t already have (shovel, gloves, etc.).
- When you get home, grab some magic markers. Each of you take one pot and write something you love about the other person on it. With the third pot, come up with either something you both love about your relationship, a goal you have together, or even a future wedding date, and write it down. Have some fun here and feel free to add other artistic elements to your little love pots.
- Next, plant your selections in each of the pots.
- After you clean up, take some time to talk about ways you can nurture your relationship to help it grow and produce.
Take turns caring for the plants, and let it be a fun reminder of a memory made together as well as the need to cultivate and tend to your relationship. As a follow-up idea, you could also take any of the fruit, veggies, or herbs you grow and make a dinner together with them. What a great way to enjoy the hard work you put into the plants – just like when you put time, energy, work, and love into your relationship, you get to enjoy the bountiful harvest that results.
Do share pictures, thoughts, stories, and results!
