WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- For those waiting for a reason to spend time in nature au naturale, wait no more: World Naked Garden Day is almost here.
Since 2005, the odd holiday celebrating gardening "as nature intended," came about on the first Saturday of May. This year, it falls on May 2.
Why naked? The holiday's website says: "First of all, it's fun!" and second, it's apparently the second activity families would consider doing together in the nude -- swimming is the first."
"Our culture needs to move toward a healthy sense of both body acceptance and our relation to the natural environment," the website reads. "Gardening naked is not only a simple joy, it reminds us--even if only for those few sun kissed minutes -- that we can be honest with who we are as humans and as part of this planet."
Observers around the world are encouraged to find an opportunity to strip and tend to whatever garden they have access to -- even if it's public! Then, it asks them to share their experience with someone close.
Today News talked to World Naked Gardening Day's co-creator, Mark Storey, 52, who said: "We figured that if people tried gardening naked once, they would smile. Not only would they smile, but they'd see that nudity is actually a pleasant and inherently good thing."
