Get growing and your mental health will flourish

Get growing and your mental health will flourish

With the second series premiere of Get Growing With NZ Gardener on Prime TV due to air on Sunday 14 November the Mental Health Foundation is encouraging people to tend to their mental health and wellbeing and enjoy the positive benefits that come through gardening.

Season two is once again being sponsored by the Mental Health Foundation's Out of the Blue depression programme.

“The Mental Health Foundation is very proud to be associated with Get Growing,” Judi Clements, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation says. “Research has shown that gardening is great way for people to incorporate the five winning ways to wellbeing - connect, learn, give, be active and take notice - into their lives.

Why it's good to garden
• Joining a gardening club or community gardening project can help you connect with new people
• It can inspire you to take notice of the natural world around you
• Learning about plants keeps you discovering new things
• Regular gardening can help bring structure to your life
• Gardening gets you out in the fresh air and is a good form of physical exercise
• It's a good outlet for your creativity and it’s fun
• Growing veggies and herbs can encourage healthy eating and save money
• You can give surplus veggies or cuttings to friends, family/whanau and neighbours as a gift, or trade them with produce from other people's gardening successes.
• Gardening is something the whole family/whanau can do together

The show follows gardening guru Lynda Hallinan as she helps Lee-Anne and Chris Coopey adopt a more self sufficient lifestyle by establishing a home vegetable garden.

Get Growing with NZ Gardener is aimed at both serious gardeners and those a little newer to this rewarding activity.

More information:
Get Growing with NZ Gardener screens Sunday’s at 7pm on Prime TV
Web link - Get Growing with NZ Gardener

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