Relaxation with Garden Coloring

Relaxation with Garden Coloring

Gardening, caring for houseplants, planning or planting balcony containers, or enjoying your blooming daffodils and tulips – these are all great sources of relaxation and distraction in these trying times. But what to do on rainy days? Color the garden!

Our gardener, Rebecca Armstrong, has taken some of her photos of the Scott Arboretum and turned them into coloring pages. Coloring has the ability to relax the fear center of our brains, the amygdala, and has been found to improve motor skills and vision, improve sleep, and improve focus. 

We invite you to enjoy these coloring pages and the relaxation brought to you by the garden. 

Click below to download your garden coloring page.

Iris at Scott Arboretum

Ferns in Snow

Mountain Mint in the Entrance Garden

Becky Robert
rrobert1@swarthmore.edu
6 Comments
  • Janean Clare
    Posted at 10:29h, 14 April Reply

    Like this idea a lot. Good going!

  • Becky Robert
    Posted at 11:51h, 14 April Reply

    Thank you, Janean. This effort was thanks to the talent of Beck Armstrong, a gardener. She created these coloring pages and we just had to share.

    Happy Coloring,
    Becky

  • Anne Papa
    Posted at 15:27h, 23 April Reply

    Beck- you are very clever.

    • Becky Robert
      Posted at 15:47h, 23 April Reply

      She does come up with amazing stuff! Thank you for checking it out, Anne.

      Sincerely,
      Becky Robert
      Scott Arboretum

  • Diane Mattis
    Posted at 08:27h, 26 April Reply

    This is a brilliant idea! If I didn’t have so many photographs to edit I would download a couple
    of the coloring pages to work on “in my spare time ;)”

    • Becky Robert
      Posted at 08:10h, 27 April Reply

      Thank you, Diane. Beck did an amazing job in creating these. I know she is creating some for the Peony virtual lesson on Thursday.

      I hope you and yours are doing well. I am also hoping these April rains bring wonderful May flowers.

      Sincerely,
      Becky Robert
      Scott Arboretum

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