On May 3rd the gardening world is encouraging people to strip off their clothes, get together with friends and family and play in the dirt. While this may seem like a joke or a prank it is a real event in which the sponsors hope to see grow in number of participants. The mission: to gain a better appreciation for our bodies and understand how natural it is to be naked in nature.
A few of the perks of participating in World Naked Gardening Day are being out in the sun, breathing fresh air and enjoying being au natural.
According to the WGND website, “When you’re out there with a gentle breeze on you, every last hair on your body feels it. You feel completely connected with the natural world in a way you just can’t in clothes.”
There are some obvious predicaments that go with naked gardening. Things like red ant nests, bees, wasps and spiders are a given in gardening so when participating in World Gardening Naked Day remember to spray yourself down with some good backwoods insect repellent.
Those not brave enough to challenge the outdoors in their birthday suits are still encouraged to participate by doing their gardening indoors. Puttering with your plants indoors is considered gardening and meets the qualifications for participation. Everyone is invited to plant something new and that can easily be done in a small windowsill pot.
For gardeners that are completely comfortable with naked gardening there are cities that will be holding events specifically for World Naked Gardening Day.
To find out whether or not an event for World Naked Gardening Day is happening in your town look for local garden clubs and check their event calendars.
The next best place to search for naked gardening events is at nudist resorts. Everything is done nude at nudist resorts so gardening naked would be an ordinary event. This happens to be a great way to garden naked without having to worry about offending neighbors or harming your reputation in the community. No one will be the wiser unless you tell them that you spent a weekend at a nudist resort planting flowers.
Although there is no official agenda in the making, the owners of the World Naked Gardening Day site is gaining support from hundreds of other naked gardeners. They plan to host World Naked Gardening Day the first Saturday of every May so be sure to mark your calendars.
To check out the World Naked Gardening Day website follow this link:
Should you decide to participate in the World Naked Gardening Day don’t forget to share your photos and stories with WNGD.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:04 pm
I don’t know. Gardening naked sounds a bit dangerous. Lots of things to prick or snag certain special parts on.
Although it would be a good way to work on that all over tan.