Did y’all know gardening while naked is a thing? I didn’t!
Naked gardening is not great in San Antonio, report finds
SA named one of worst cities in U.S. to garden naked, 2 other Texas towns earn top spots
LawnStarter ranked the 200 biggest cities in the U.S. ahead of World Naked Gardening Day on Saturday, May 6, and San Antonio came in at No. 78 — up from 94th place in 2021.
The company, which matches people with qualified lawn care providers, used metrics like nudist population size, indecent exposure laws, gardener-friendliness (how on Earth is this measured), weather forecasts, access to waxing salons, and sex offender listings — among 12 total metrics.
Tessa West, an associate professor at the Department of Psychology at New York University, said the benefits of gardening naked include “an increase in vitamin D, learning to feel comfortable in your skin, and exploring new physical sensations.”
Leslie Gielow Jacobs, professor of law at the University of the Pacific, said the U.S. Constitution permits states and cities to restrict public nudity so long as it is only a form of conduct, not a form of speech.
For what it’s worth — public nudity is illegal in San Antonio. The law specifically includes the bare butt, male and female genitals and women’s breasts as being illegal to show in public.
Conversely, an article from the Austin American Statesman notes that Austin doesn’t have public nudity laws.
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/05/03/naked-gardening-is-not-great-in-san-antonio-report-finds/