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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Raf Casert

Bluebells and other spring flowers can be nature's antidote to stressful times

Be Well Spring Blossoms Bluebells - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Gilles Gui was looking for the magical purple bluebells that raise their heads each spring under the budding beech leaves of the Hallerbos forest, an annual explosion of color that draws crowds from around the world.

And in these times full of stress and anxiety about wars, economic threats and other tensions, he found something else too: a sense of tranquility.

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