Gardening is the solution to wider issues such as obesity, flooding and air pollution, which can all be improved through urban greening.
This was the message to come out of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) International Green City Conference held in London earlier this week.
Prescribing gardening for improved health, Sir Richard Thompson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, advised how and why green gardens are good for you.
"A few minutes of viewing a green garden can improve a person’s physiology”, he said.
And Sir Richard Thompson went on to say that 'there’s a gym outside your window,' referring to gardening as a form of exercise.
The benefit of trees, particularly the ability of a single tree in an urban park to remove 48lbs of particulate matter from the air daily, was also highlighted.
The conference, themed ‘Growing green and healthy places’, shared what the world could and should be like through the views of many UK and international speakers.
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