Monday, January 11, 2010

Impact of Gardening on Individual, family and communities

Gardens provide higher quality of life and benefits to society. Researchers observed that openness to nature was the most important factor in supplying pleasure to life after the marital role. Yard care and gardening activities helps in developing individuals, strengthening families, and building communities.

For Individuals:
Gardening provides exercise, stress reduction, and relaxation to an individual. For many Americans, gardens provide a creative channel, a sense of skill, and the gardener's personal attachment to nature. Unlike popular video games, gardening demonstrates that life does not always provide rewards instantaneously but the result comes after some time in the future for one's efforts. Gardening is progressively used for its rehabilitation therapy in jail or prison systems.

Family bonds become stronger as families come together and work on yard care and gardening activities. It helps children to learn work skills and team skills by using gardening projects.

Building Communities – Gardening conversations and activities gathers neighbors together, reducing differences between racial and cultural groups. Gardening is a powerful tool to gather neighborhoods. Community gardens and urban forestry projects helps to reduce levels of domestic violence.

Businesses:
Business owners have many positive aspects provided by maintenance of landscaping, trees and plants. They are:
  • • Helps in increasing employee productivity, morale, and pride at workplace
  • • Attract customers or new business holders or tenants
  • • Play major role in creating a corporate image
  • • Some times add value as a marketing tool

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