Home with gardens has many benefits on health like:
- Families of fixed incomes, considers fresh fruits and vegetables as a luxury as they can’t afford.
- The home garden provides fresh fruits and vegetables and gives over a 20 times gain in the value of yield (fruits and vegetables) grown compared to material costs. Families with home vegetable gardens eat more fruit and vegetables of increased nutrition.
- Gardening also plays a major role for improved health by favoring exercise, stress reduction, and relaxation. From the medical point of view, researchers have reported that people who connect with or communicate with plants recover more quickly and actively from everyday stress and mental lethargy or tiredness.
- For many people, garden is release or escape from the pressures of the job and family responsibilities. This relaxation technique helps in reducing stress levels and related problems like heart disease. Minnie Aumonier expressed this in an impressive way with, “When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the Garden”.
- The awareness in the medicinal value of plants in hospitals, homes for the aged, and senior centers has been increased. In these places, many "healing gardens" are being organized for clients, staff, and visitors.
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