by Nadia Ramoutar  MMM Communications Coordinator       Ireland                         26.03.2025

This is one of my favourite times of year in our Hemisphere.  We are seeing the longer days after very short and cold winter days.  There are new blooms each week and bare trees are starting to show signs of new life.

I find myself excited about putting on my gardening clothes and heading into the awful mess that is post winter gardens in Ireland.  I love living in seasons though and it’s amazing that bulbs are already in the ground all winter just waiting to break through the soil.  How incredible nature is really.

We are planting seeds for fruits and vegetables now too. I am so proud that I have gathered seeds from food I ate and now I will plan them to grow new food.  The truth is that if humans understood plants better and how resilient they are we would never need to buy a plant again. Either through growing seeds or bulbs or taking cuttings plants constantly renew life.  We just have to know what to do.  It is incredibly easy to grow plants.  We just need to be attentive.  Also, we don’t need a huge garden to grow things.  Even growing one plant makes the world better.

We are so fortunate that plants bring us so many benefits not just when we eat a more plant based diet, but when we spend time in nature. We are in a constant dance with plants taking out CO2 and giving us oxygen.  How incredibly fortunate we are to have this exchange.  Well, it’s essential to life.

Some people also understand that working on the land gives us so many benefits.  One that many people may not realise is that putting our hands in the soil actually helps us emotionally and physically.  There are proven benefits to how soil gives us positive hormones and experiences to improve our health.

We have so many MMM Sisters around the world who are harnessing the power of plants in many ways to help people in need.  They are using plants to heal people and they are also helping people to grow their own food to fight off hunger and to be healthier.

Our MMM Communications department will be hosting a new Flowers and Food Fest at the Convent in Drogheda on the 3rd May from 10 am to 3pm.  We want to share our love of nature with everyone while raising money for the our MMM Sisters overseas creating miracles for those who are most vulnerable.

There is a lot of darkness in the world at the moment.  So let’s roll up our sleeves and be willing to get our hands dirty for a good cause!