Greener Gardens Leicestershire – Making your garden climate friendly

Climate change and mental health are deeply intertwined.  The droughts, floods, storms and heatwaves which come with it cause stress.  In turn the stress damages our mental health – as do the more direct effects, for example higher prices and ill health and sleep loss due to high temperature heatwaves.

Research shows that access to nature – eg greener and beautiful front gardens – help to support our mental health, which in turn leaves us better able to cope with the other difficulties in our lives – including the effects of climate change.

Greening your front garden doesn’t only benefit you – it improves the mental health of people passing by.  If you don’t have a front garden, maybe you can talk to family or friends about theirs.

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