planning permission to do that for an area over five square metres. gardens max your physical, mental, and social well being. with the covid 19 impact, i think people are recognising the health benefits. the royal horticultural society s garden in wisley. it s notjust home to thousands of beautiful plants a lot of research goes on here. there s a new science centre being built. we ve just recently done a study where we put two tiny planters and a tree in a salford street, and we measured cortisol which is a stress hormone. we found a 6% decrease in stress, which is equivalent to eight mindfulness sessions. a new season is approaching, and for many, a new sense of optimism. there s a growing appreciation, it seems, for the power of nature. tim muffett, bbc news.
compared to 2015, it s thought more than 1 million more front gardens in the uk now contain only greenery, so why the big change? well, in 2008, paving or concreting over a front garden did become more difficult. since then, you ve needed planning permission to do that for an area over five square metres. gardens max your physical, mental, and social well being. with the covid 19 impact, i i think people are recognising the health benefits. the royal horticultural society s garden in wisley. it s notjust home to thousands of beautiful plants a lot of research goes on here. there s a new science centre being built. we ve just recently done a study where we put two tiny planters i and a tree in a salford street, and we measured cortisol, i which is a stress hormone. we found a 6% decrease in stress, which is equivalent to eight - mindfulness sessions.
than one million more front gardens in the uk now contain only greenery, so why the big change? well, in 2008, paving or concreting over a front garden did become more difficult. since then, you ve needed planning permission to do that for an area over five square metres. gardens max your physical, mental, and social well being. with the covid 19 impact, i think people are recognising the health benefits. the royal horticultural society s garden in wisley. it s notjust home to thousands of beautiful plants a lot of research goes on here. there s a new science centre being built. we ve just recently done a study where we put two tiny planters and a tree in a salford street, and we measured cortisol which is a stress hormone. we found a 6% decrease in stress, which is equivalent to eight mindfulness sessions.
tidal wave of achievement, really. a new season is approaching, and for many, a new sense of optimism. there s a growing appreciation, it seems, for the power of nature. tim muffett, bbc news. we all need more of that. much more coming up from lipm. now it s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. we end the week on a quiet not because we have high pressure sitting right on top of the uk. i have the air mass on there to show you it s pretty cold and not particularly sunny. quite a bit of cold trapped under there, probably favouring spots of sunshine across scotland, wales, south west england, otherwise quite a lot of cloud and thick enough for the shower in parts of southern scotland, northern and eastern england moving on that brisk breeze. chilly anywhere, highs of
and because it changes every day, you get involved, you get interested in what s going on. neighbours stop to talk, so i know more people in my road. compared to 2015, it s thought more than one million more front gardens in the uk now contain only greenery, so why the big change? well, in 2008, paving or concreting over a front garden did become more difficult. since then, you ve needed planning permission to do that for an area of five square metres. gardens max your physical, mental, and social well being. with the covid 19 impact, i think people are recognising the health benefits. the royal horticultural society s garden in wisley. it s notjust home to thousands of beautiful plants a lot of research goes on here. there s a new science centre being built. we ve just recently done a study where we put two tiny planters