The Well Garden Mind Rediscovering nature in the modern world by Sue Stuart- Smith (2020, 286 pages). If you judge a book by its cover, you may think that The Well-Gardened Mind is a self-help book in which Stuart-Smith argues how people can transform their lives and improve their mental health by taking up the hobby of gardening. A more discerning reader, however, will know that Sue Stuart-Smith, who is prominent psychiatrist and psychotherapist, unravels the working of the land as a psychodynamic process, she exposes deep truths about the interconnectedness of the mind, the body, and what lies outside us, and she does so with a winning mix of verve and generosity. Telling brilliant, illuminating stories of real-life examples backed by scientific evidence to illustrate how prisoners, veterans, asylum seekers inner-city young, the elderly, and mentally ill people struggling with stress, depression, trauma, and addiction. This is a glorious science book, insight and anecdote that shows how our understanding of nature and its restorative powers can benefit all of us from the mental health and spiritual recovery that comes with tending to a plot of land or an ordinary house plant.