Gardening is good for you

RHS gardening and wellbeing infographic

It's National Gardening Week and it's timely the RHS have published the results of a recent study they conducted with Sheffield University on gardening and wellbeing. The results and the infographic above speak for themselves.

To quote one of the researchers - the RHS's Alistair Griffiths - on Twitter:

"The more 'doses' of gardening you get, the better your wellbeing :) " I hope those who discovered gardening as a great stress buster during Lockdown are motivated to continue - I've always said 'Gardening is the answer'.

You can read the full published paper here.

Happy gardening!

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  1. Nothing new really. I've known for years as no doubt you have VP that gardening is good for both body and soul 😄

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    1. Yes indeed Anna, but I'm always happy to report when science backs up what we know already :)

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  2. I think most outdoor passions are good for you; gardening, bird watching, rambling. And I suspect it's the intensity of our interest and not of the exercise that's most important to wellbeing.

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    1. I think it's both Mark - physical and mental health are intertwined in my view.

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