Why Gardening Is Good For You
Sue Stuart-Smith on the therapeutic impact of gardening
In her groundbreaking book The Well-Gardened Mind , psychiatrist Sue Stuart-Smith explains the therapeutic impact of gardening: while we are looking after plants, they are actually taking care of us. 10 ways to unwind with nature.
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Howard Sooley, Derek Jarman’s, Prospect Cottage Garden at Dungeness, Kent, UK, from 1986, 1993 | on view at the exhibition Garden Futures: Designing with Nature at the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
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