{"id":14698,"date":"2019-05-02T10:54:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T13:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/?p=14698"},"modified":"2025-10-24T00:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:42:11","slug":"history-naked-gardening-running-olypics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/gardening\/history-naked-gardening-running-olypics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skinny on Naked History: Nudity&#8217;s Not Just for Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hooray, hooray for the first Saturday in May, when we can all take a break from the frictions and fictions of the modern world and connect instead with our history and humanity by celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/studies\/best-cities-world-naked-gardening-day\/\">World Naked Gardening Day<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bold as it seems, dropping the duds for a day reconnects us with how mankind has lived for most of its existence, at least in warmer climes. In certain remote parts of the world today, men, women and children still start their day by doffing their clothes and pursuing their chores, just as their ancestors had done. In fact, in these cultures, clothing is still reserved mostly for celebrations. For them, every day is World Naked Gardening Day<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How did we wind up so bundled up? And what connections to our gardening past \u2013 including lawn-mowing \u2013 are today helping revive interest in restoring these natural connections? Here\u2019s the skinny.<\/span><\/p> <h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Greek connection<\/b><\/span><\/h2> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Greek poet Hesiod became an early advocate for nude horticulture (not that they needed one) when he summarized the advice of Demeter, goddess of seasons and harvests, this way: \u201cSow naked, and plough naked, and harvest naked if you wish to bring in all Demeter\u2019s fruits in due season.\u201d In these modern times, we might debate the hygiene of hairy, naked men bundling our green beans, but the reality then was, naked farming was common and soiled clothing was suspect.<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When they weren\u2019t naked farming, athletic Greek men were competing <i>au natural<\/i> in the Olympics when they began in 776 BCE. The reason? Well, although women were not allowed to attend male athletic events in Greece back then, an alternate but more practical reason for athletic disrobing may go to the legend of an athlete named Orsippus of Megara. As the legend goes, Orsippus either loses his loincloth and wins his Olympic race, prompting others to toss theirs. It inspired male athletic nakedness for centuries.<\/span><\/p> <h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Wine and spirituality<\/b><\/span><\/h2> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Winemakers, in particular, prized the spiritual and holistic benefits of naked agriculture, reasoning that a harvest conducted in happiness would please the wine gods. In Georgia on the Black Sea, vintners would strip down and harvest their crop under a full moon when the sap is highest in the vines, thereby optimizing their harvest and eliminating the risk of fabric contamination. <\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The practice, which inspired grape harvests for 4,000 years, is experiencing a rebirth today by vintners like Australian winemaker Mike Hayes of <a href=\"https:\/\/symphonyhill.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">Symphony Hill Wines<\/span><\/a>, who continues his full-moon full moon harvests as part of a Churchill Fellowship.<\/span><\/p> <h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Woodstock liberates the community <\/b><\/span><\/h2> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On a societal level, nudity was tightly confined in North America until the baby boom hippies unleashed the beast at Woodstock. Slowly, believers stepped loose from society\u2019s nudist label to spread the communal celebration, most often through fundraising events that challenged doubters to reconsider the naked body as a freedom symbol. <\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Suddenly, well-covered cities like Chicago and Portland, Ore., were hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/pdxwnbr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">World Naked Bike Rides<\/span><\/a> and 5K runs, Florida cities were hosting annual streaking and even nude boating events, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aanr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">American Association for Nude Recreation<\/span><\/a> was explaining the growth in nude beaches and resorts to baffled American families, inviting them in. Ironically, in the century in which the fully-dressed Summer Olympics took the world stage, a grassroots uptick in natural naked outdoor fun echoed its own beginnings.<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Backyard nude nooddling continues to grow, thanks in part to the endorsement of Hollywood practitioners, including \u201cClueless\u201d star Alicia Silverstone, \u201cCheers\u201d alum Woody Harrelson and \u201cHitch\u201d star Eva Mendes. <\/span><\/p> <h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Back to the garden &#8230; for pay?<\/b><\/span><\/h2> <figure id=\"attachment_14714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14714\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14714 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Naked composter\" width=\"770\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter-610x320.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/naked-composter.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australia&#8217;s Bare All Cleaners nude cleaning service also offers an exterior option.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As annual events like World Naked Gardening Day continue to coax us back to clothes-free communing, a surprising new wrinkle has taken root overseas: Naturist gardeners. <\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bareallcleaning.com\/inthegarden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bare All Cleaners<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">, a popular, scantily-clad, all-woman Australian cleaning service, this year launched an all-male backyard counterpart that will mow your lawn and clean your pool deck buck naked. The yard service maintains the same look-but-don\u2019t-touch policy as its cleaning crew. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-3629421\/Saucy-gardeners-offer-Trim-Bush-services-BUFF-inundated-work-posting-cheeky-advert.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">Trim Your Bush<\/span><\/a> has offered a similar service in the UK.<\/span><\/p> <p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the United States, however, neighbors with small children <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/2018\/09\/20\/florida-residents-upset-over-nudist-neighbor-doing-yard-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still have the upper hand<\/a> with naked lawn mowers who attempt front-yard maintenance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hooray, hooray for the first Saturday in May, when we can all take a break from the frictions and fictions 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