Gardening can promote better mental health: Study

Jul 14, 2022

New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Garden is such a happy place that just by engaging with plants it indeed reaps people's mental health, even if the person has never gardened before, revealed a new study. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, University of Florida scientists found that gardening activities lowered stress, anxiety and depression in healthy women who attended twice-weekly gardening classes. None of the study participants had gardened before. “Past studies have shown that gardening can help improve the mental health of people who have existing medical conditions or challenges. Our study shows that healthy people can also experience a boost in mental wellbeing through gardening,” said Charles Guy, principal investigator on the study and a professor emeritus in the UF/IFAS environmental horticulture department.