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Volume 14, Issue 3
18 August 2010
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Review Article| August 18 2010

Green care and mental health: gardening and farming as health and social care Available to Purchase

Joe Sempik
Joe Sempik
Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8316
Print ISSN: 2042-8308
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2010
Mental Health and Social Inclusion (2010) 14 (3): 15–22.
https://doi.org/10.5042/mhsi.2010.0440

This article discusses the role that gardening, horticulture and farming can play in promoting mental well‐being and in supporting the recovery of individuals with mental health problems.

Keywords:
Green care, Mental health, Well‐being, Horticultural therapy, Health promotion
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