#30greenminutes
Monique Wilson • March 5, 2020
Will you take the 30 green minutes challenge ?
Are you a garden, gardening or plant lover already? Then you probably know there has always been a deep seated human need for contact with nature to enrich our lives, alleviate stress and improve overall wellbeing. Sadly with the onset of modern technologies, urban movement closer to cities, smaller home block sizes with limited garden spaces and time-poor busy lifestyles it seems people have never been more disassociated with plants and gardens and the age-old joy of gardening. It is possible that many of us, including children can go for days without any real interaction with plants and gardens, all at a time when research continues to show significant benefits plants and gardens can have on improving our physical and mental health and well-being.
Have you wondered how much green time can help?
Recent research published in the journal, Scientific Reports*, found that people getting 30 ‘green’ minutes a week in one session are likely to have healthier emotional, physical, social and mental well-being than those who don’t. The research also tells us that more regular contact with nature will have an even greater effect- so the more greenery, the better off you are! According to Beyond Blue’s “Beyond Blue to Green” report “Well being relates to good psychological and physical health and encourages favourable thoughts and feelings, satisfaction with life, ability to be self sufficient and proactive , possessing a sense of happiness and a positive evaluation of one’s life in a general sense”.
The Australia Bureau of Statistics have noted there are several factors underpinning well-being, one of which is exposure to the natural environment. Contact with nature however does not only mean digging and toiling in the garden. You can engage with and gain benefits by viewing nature (eg, through windows, books, photography ); you can be in the presence of nature (eg reading, talking with friends or just sitting in the garden, surrounding your home in house plants), active participation in nature (such as gardening, tending to indoor plants, camping, trekking, horse riding, walking the dog)
YES we did just say “You can gain wellness benefits by viewing, being in the presence of and tending to INDOOR PLANTS………..”
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