Gardens and Health Week 2021: Gardens are good for you
The National Garden Scheme marked its annual Gardens & Health Week in May with the launch of comprehensive proof that gardens are good for you. Our interactive, digital booklet entitled The Little Yellow Book of Gardens and Health is packed with stories and case studies from garden owners, garden visitors and beneficiaries who have found solace and improved health and wellbeing by immersing themselves in nature.
In her foreword, National Garden Scheme Ambassador, Rachel de Thame says: “In a year like no other the confinement, the anxiety and, in some cases, real tragedy has shown just how important gardens are to everyone’s physical health and mental wellbeing.”
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The power of gardens to do good
At our annual lecture prominent psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Sue Stuart-Smith (pictured) reflected on the global pandemic and shared how gardening became fundamentally a hopeful act for millions in lockdown. But the power of gardens and gardening to do good is nothing new says Sue…………
New garden virtual reality is taking away the pain
The National Garden Scheme, in collaboration with Hospice UK and ReScape, is trialling an exciting new garden reality with technology that can significantly reduce anxiety and pain in patients.
Report: Gardens and Coronavirus
Our report illustrates the vital role that gardens and outdoor spaces played – and continue to play – in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the nation during lockdown. The report confirms that the power of gardens to do good has never been more important.
