Gardening may look like a hobby, but research increasingly suggests that it can be much more than that. Studies of gardening and horticultural activities have found associations with improved psychological well-being and quality of life, as well as reductions in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Todd — my ride-or-die — and I rolled in to table for the FLCAN armed with flyers, passion, and one extremely strategic hemp T-shirt. It was a beauty, too: soft hemp with a breezy Jimmy Buffett vibe, the kind of shirt that says “I care about sensible drug laws AND I know where the good key lime pie is.”
Most of us don’t think of gardening as therapy.Gardening also gets the body moving without necessarily feeling like exercise. There is also something different about gardening mentally. When you are working with plants, your attention shifts away from whatever has been running through your head all day.
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