# Even if you’re not a gardener, its time to get your hands a little dirty #TEDTalks

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** TED
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd8H5A1WxM0
- **Дата:** 18.04.2026
- **Длительность:** 1:30
- **Просмотры:** 3,077
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/46027

## Описание

Many gardeners work hard to maintain clean, tidy environments ... which is the exact opposite of what wildlife wants, says ecological horticulturist Rebecca McMackin. She shows the beauty of letting your garden run wild, surveying the success she's had increasing biodiversity even in the middle of New York City — and offers tips for cultivating a garden that can be home to birds, bees, butterflies and more.

## Транскрипт

### Segment 1 (00:00 - 01:00) []

In these scary times, it can be so hard to know what to do and how to help. Thank goodness that there are solutions. And many of them literally involve planting flowers. While you might not be a gardener, I am still going to ask you to get your hands dirty. All it takes is a pot on your stoop to have a positive effect. The first thing we should all be doing are planting plants that are from the places where we're gardening. We call them native plants. and they're important because they evolved alongside of the wildlife there. In return for planting native plants, we get a front row seat to the wonders of the natural world. It's hard work, but it's the best kind because at the end of our efforts, not only do we get biodiversity, but we get butterflies. It feels great to cultivate life with your own two hands. And there's an abundance of research now to show how beneficial gardening is for our health and even our happiness. because we all deserve to live in a healthy and thriving ecosystem. But it feels even better when we're part of those systems, supporting the plants and pollinators around us the way that they support us. Like many of you, I am at times immobilized with climate grief, thinking about the world that we're leaving for our children. But gardening honestly brings me so much hope that we can solve some very big, very serious problems, that we have the solutions already. And many of them simply involve planting