{"id":129169,"date":"2022-08-28T14:15:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T07:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-it-time-we-ditched-the-word-gardening\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T07:28:08","slug":"is-it-time-we-ditched-the-word-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-it-time-we-ditched-the-word-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it time we ditched the word \u2018gardening\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe term might seem inoffensive, but it\u2019s loaded with cultural baggageFascination with the natural world seems hardwired into our most basic human instincts. There is not only a beneficial effect from spending time in green spaces \u2013 as shown by the way it can reduce stress levels and even speed healing times in hospitals. But a growing body of scientific evidence now shows we don\u2019t just like plants, we have a physical need to be around their beauty. So, here is my question: why, even as a nation of gardeners, do we struggle to get people involved in gardening?I\u2019ve been sitting on panels for more than a decade as industry bodies, media outlets and charities try to address the increasingly worrying question of how few young people are interested in horticulture. With garden societies closing, course places going unfilled and nurseries shutting shop, it\u2019s becoming quite urgent. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The term might seem inoffensive, but it\u2019s loaded with cultural baggageFascination with the natural world...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-xBn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10580,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/national-gardening-week-the-answer-lies-in-the-soil-rebecca-pow-mp\/","url_meta":{"origin":129169,"position":0},"title":"National Gardening Week: the answer lies in the soil | Rebecca Pow MP","date":"April 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r National Gardening Week is a chance for all of us to celebrate the ways gardens can make us healthier and happierThere\u2019s an adage that says gardening is what people do when they have failed in politics. 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