Getting Your Hands Dirty in the Garden Is Good for Your Health and Wellbeing

The Northern Echo › April 30, 2009

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TIDYING up flower borders and giving the lawn its first cut of the season won't just get your garden shipshape for the year ahead, it could also be a way of improving your wellbeing.

Studies carried out at the University of Bristol have indicated that simply touching 'friendly bacteria' in soil may alter behaviour in a way similar to that of taking antidepressants.

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Getting Your Hands Dirty in the Garden Is Good for Your Health and Wellbeing

Research by mental health charity, Mind, has also found that 94% of those taking part in green ac...

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