YOUR YARD DID YOU KNOW?
Research says children's stress levels fall within minutes of seeing green spaces.1
Spending time in gardens can improve memory performance and attention span by 20%.4
CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Yards provide a safe place for families to gather and for children and pets to play. But did you know these living landscapes, including the everyday lawn, also provide a host of health and well-being benefits?
Research found that people moving to greener areas experienced an immediate improvement in mental health that was sustained for at least 3 years.2
Workers perform better and with greater accuracy when under the calming influence of nature.3
Nature makes you nicer, enhancing social interactions, value for community, and close relationships.5
Researchers found that walking or running in green spaces, lowered anger, fatigue and feelings of depression, while increasing attention levels.6
LIVING LANDSCAPES MAKE KIDS SMARTER
Researchers found that school children with more exposure to the outdoors performed better on cognitive testing.8
LIVING LANDSCAPES HELP YOU HEAL
Hospital patients exposed to window views of nature healed on average a full day faster.10
ADULTS ALSO BENEFIT
A systematic research review concluded "the balance of evidence indicates conclusively that knowing and experiencing nature makes us generally happier, healthier people."7
Children gain attention and working memory benefits when they are exposed to greenery.9
People who gardened for at least 30 minutes a week had lower body mass indexes (BMIs)-as well as higher levels of self-esteem and better moods, as well as lower levels of tension and stress.11
Trees, shrubs, grass and flowering plants are integral to human health. They contribute to our mental and physical well-being.
Sources: 1
A Potential Natural Treatment for Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence From a National Study,
American Journal of Public Health, September 2004. 2
Green Spaces Deliver Lasting Mental Health Benefits, Science Daily, January 7, 2014 3 A Beauty Filled Lifestyle, Nursery Management, January 1, 2016.
4 A case-control study of the health and well-being benefits of allotment gardening, Journal of Public Health, October 29, 2015 5 Can nature make us more caring? Effects of immersion in nature on intrinsic aspirations and generosity.”
6 A systematic review of evidence for the added benefits to health of exposure to natural environments, BMC Public Health, August 4, 2010 7 Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being, Annual Reviews, October 2013
8 Green Spaces and Cognitive Development in Primary Schoolchildren, PNAS (May 2015) 9 Why Green Spaces are Good For Your Kid's Brain, The Washington Post, June 15, 2015 10 Feeling Stressed? Take a Time Out in Nature, Nature Sacred (TKF Foundation), 1984
October 29, 2015 12
11 A case-control study of the health and well-being benefits of allotment gardening, Journal of Public Health, Sage Researchers Find Bacterium Enhances Learning, The Sage Colleges, June 1 ,2010Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1315-1329
SOIL IS THE NEW PROZAC?
Mycobacterium vaccae in soil mirrors the effect on neurons that drugs like Prozac provide. The bacterium stimulates serotonin production, which makes you relaxed and happier.12
For more tips on maintaining a living landscape, even in drought conditions, go to: www.
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