(Photography: Brent Wilson, project: Josh Culpan)
For times when the weather is dreary, or it’s too hard to get out of your cosy bed, music is always the answer.
If getting stuck into your gardening jobs seems like the hardest task in the world, you can use your favourite songs to ease yourself into it.
Or, you’re already in the garden, and feeling overwhelmed? Pop on a playlist to get yourself back in the groove. Even the plants will love your tunes (it has actually been proven that they enjoy a good song!).
Here’s a list of the best garden themed songs to get you in the mood for weeding, digging, watering and pottering around:
- Octopus’s Garden by The Beatles
- Magnolia by JJ Cale
- Will It Grow by Jakob Dylan
- White Roses by Flyte
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison
- For the Roses by Joni Mitchell
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
- From Little Things Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly
- Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi
- Strawberry Swing by Coldplay
- Wildflower by Tom Petty
- Bloom by Troye Sivan
- You Don’t Bring Me Flowers by Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand
- California Dreamin’ by The Mamas and the Papas
- Plum by Troye Sivan
- Kiss from a Rose by Seal
- Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations
- Let It Grow by Eric Clapton
- San Francisco (be sure to wear flowers in your hair) by Scott McKenzie
- Thorn In My Side by Eurythmics
- Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
- Dig It by the Beatles
- I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King
- Gardening At Night by R.E.M
- (Nothing But) Flowers by Talking Heads
- The Gardener by The Tallest Man On Earth
- Leaves That Are Green by Simon & Garfunkel
- Harvest Moon by Neil Young
- Garden Song by John Denver
- Flowers in December by Mazzy Star
- King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 by Neutral Milk Hotel
- Sowing The Seeds Of Love by Tears for Fears
- Garden Song by Phoebe Bridgers
- Flowers by Miley Cyrus
- Dandelions by Ruth B.
- Three Little Birds by Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Sunflower by Vampire Weekend
- Flowers In Your Hair by The Lumineers
- I Love the Flower Girl by The Butterhills
- tend the garden by Gang of Youths
- From Eden by Hozier
- Innerbloom by Rufus du Sol
- Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall by Simon & Garfunkel
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone? by The Kingston Trio
- Garden (Say It Like Dat) by SZA
- Who’s that man walking ’round my garden by The Wallflowers
- Butterflies by Kasey Musgraves
- Keep on Growing by Derek and the Dominoes
- Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles
- Rose/Lotus/Violet/Iris by Hayley Williams
The BHG team’s favourite garden themed songs
Who’s that man walking ’round my garden by The Wallflowers – Tahni Mesann, Digital Editor
From Eden by Hozier – Jada Susas, Editorial and Production Assistant
Bed of Roses by Jon Bon Jovi – Jenny Dillon, Garden Editor
Dandelions by Ruth B. – Jade Coull, Senior Content Producer
Sowing The Seeds of Love By Tears For Fears – Tiff Bancroft, DIY Editor
I Feel The Earth Move by Carole King – Rachel Iorfino, Senior Content Producer
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