PUPILS at Walwayne Court Primary School in Trowbridge are celebrating National Gardening Week and have been busy planting wildflowers, swede, sweet corn, radishes, courgettes, tomatoes and pumpkins. National Gardening Week is the country’s biggest annual celebration of gardening and takes place from Monday, April 26 to Sunday May 2. This year the Royal Horticultural Society is encouraging people to Get Your Dose of Vitamin G. RHS director of science, Professor Alistair Griffiths said: “Vitamin G is ‘green’, and research has shown that getting a daily dose improves our sense of personal wellbeing. “We aim to bring green into your daily life as much as possible for maximum benefits.
RHS/University of Sheffield/University of Virginia study finds regular gardening improves wellbeing
New research released for National Gardening Week reveals an association between gardening more frequently and improvements in wellbeing, perceived stress and physical activity.
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PUPILS at Walwayne Court Primary School in Trowbridge are celebrating National Gardening Week and have been busy planting wildflowers, swede, sweet corn, radishes, courgettes, tomatoes and pumpkins. National Gardening Week is the country’s biggest annual celebration of gardening and takes place from Monday, April 26 to Sunday May 2. This year the Royal Horticultural Society is encouraging people to Get Your Dose of Vitamin G. RHS director of science, Professor Alistair Griffiths said: “Vitamin G is ‘green’, and research has shown that getting a daily dose improves our sense of personal wellbeing. “We aim to bring green into your daily life as much as possible for maximum benefits.
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Re-grow Fruit And Vegetables By Breathing New Life Into Leftovers
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This April sees the start of National Gardening Week (27 Apr – 2 May) – the UK’s largest celebration of all-things-gardening.
With Brits now spending more time at home than ever before, it’s not surprising that many have been bitten by the gardening bug. Indeed, green-fingered-fans have spent an estimated £3.7bn on gardening since lockdown began last year.
This year, OLIO – the neighbourhood sharing app – is encouraging Brits to mark the week-long celebration by learning some quirky new gardening skills that are rooted in regeneration and have the potential to reduce our household food waste by breathing new life into our leftovers.