The well gardened mind : rediscovering nature in the modern world
Stuart-Smith, Sue2020
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This inspirational and authoritative book on mental health and physical labour teaches us how vital gardening can be as an escape for the brain and how having green fingers can help our minds through movement as well as thought. The garden has always been a place of peace and perseverance, of nurture and reward. Using contemporary neuroscience, psychoanalysis and compelling real-life stories, The Well Gardened Mind investigates the remarkable effects of nature on our health and wellbeing. From the science of the brain's own gardener cells', to the beauty of flowers and the grounding effects of working with nature's rhythms of growth, decay and regeneration, Stuart-Smith provides a new perspective on the power of gardening. Prisoners given the chance to grow plants are less likely to reoffend. At-risk young people who get their hands in the soil are more likely to stay in education. Elderly people who garden live longer and have a better quality of life. Using case studies of people struggling with stress, depression, trauma and addiction, as well as her own grandfather's return from World War I, she explores the many ways in which gardening can help transform people's lives.
Main title:
The well gardened mind : rediscovering nature in the modern world / Sue Stuart-Smith.
Author:
Stuart-Smith, Sue, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins/HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.©2020
Collation:
342 pages, 16 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations (mostly colour) ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
97800081007119780008100711
Dewey class:
615.8515
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
367428
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 615.8515 STU | Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 |
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 615.8515 STU | Available |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 615.8515 STU | Available |