Gardening is good for the heart, mind, & body.
Learn more from these selected links.
New York Times: The Health Benefits of Gardening, The surprising Health Benefits of Dirt
University of Illinois: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/ilriverhort/2024-03-05-gardening-can-help-you-heal-while-grieving
Horticulture Magazine: A Horticultural Therapist Shares Her Strategies
UNC Health: Eight Surprising Health Benefits of Gardening
My personal connections to gardening during and shortly after the pandemic: Got Stress? Consider a Therapeutic Garden; When mental health therapy starts in the garden
Research articles:
National Library of Medicine: Gardening is Beneficial for Health: A Meta-Analysis
Dawnn Rabinovich Meiers, Psy.D 