We can be in no doubt that nature is good for us physically and mentally, but perhaps nature’s role in modern medicine isn’t always so obvious. Take aspirin for instance, widely used as a painkiller and taken to reduce the risk of a heart attack.
Working in the gardens during January, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the snow drops, crocus and hellebores, I noticed that here and there the air was filled with scent and my eye was drawn to several early flowering shrubs.
