GARDENS FOR ALL
Oct 10, 2018
4 minutes
Words Jennifer Stackhouse
Many studies of the benefits of gardening have shown that the activity of gardening, along with merely being in a green, leafy environment, has huge benefits to human health and wellbeing. For those with physical disabilities or dementia, gardening or just being in a garden has many positive benefits and can be life changing. How sad, then, when lack of mobility or difficult access make it impossible for someone to garden or even enjoy the outdoors.
There are now many community gardens and gardens associated with hospitals and care homes that are accessible to people with disabilities, and a growing band of horticultural therapists who use gardening to improve motor
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