Gardens and Health

This report from the Kings Fund sets out the evidence base on how gardens and gardening relate to health across the life-course. It highlights how, at different points in the health and social care system, gardens and gardening can make a strong contribution to keeping us well and independent.
The report includes a ‘menu’ of recommendations that aims to encourage the UK NHS, government departments, national bodies, local government, health and wellbeing boards and clinical commissioning groups to make more of the diverse health benefits of gardening in support of their priorities. In the future hopefully all new hospitals and those undergoing rebuilds in Australia will look at the benefits of gardens for both patients and staff.

 Buck David. (2016) Gardens and health: Implications for policy and practice