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By Alicia Sparks Midweek Mental Greening Although I don’t live near it anymore, one of the things I love about my old city’s community mental health center is the center’s greenhouse. The center’s patients, or clients, grow and sell the flowers, ferns, and other plants within the greenhouse and any money raised goes toward the continuing operation of the center’s various programs. I don’t have any firsthand experience with the center’s greenhouse (although I do keep promising myself to stop in the next time I’m in the city), but I’ve heard great things about it. Of course, that’s not surprising. We already know how mentally and emotionally beneficial activities like gardening can be (and if you need a refresher course, check out Thrive’s Carry on Gardening website , including the group’s Harnessing the Mood-Boosting Power of Gardening leaflet). I’ve seen and read about numerous other projects similar to the one my former city’s community mental health center runs. Some mental health centers operate greenhouses packed with flowers, ferns, and other plants while others, like Anderson, Indiana’s Center for Mental Health’s community-supported agriculture farm (which, incidentally, was just awarded the 2009 Award of Excellence in Community Collaboration by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare in San Antonio, Texas) manage vegetable gardens. My point is this isn’t exactly a new idea, but it’s one that’s spreading across the world, and for good reason. What is new, however (well, to me anyway) is a new study from England’s University of Bristol and University College London. According to Medical News Today :
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