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    Jun 25, 2020 3 minutes
    WORDS: SALLY NEX; LUCY HALL.

    UK turns to gardening in crisis

    “Gardening is the second most popular lockdown activity after watching TV”

    through lockdown, with almost half of us turning to backyards and allotments to help us through. Gardening is the second most popular lockdown activity after watching TV, with more people (42 per cent) taking it up than cookery (40 per cent) or reading (39 per cent) . Over 70 per cent of those who responded to a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) survey felt their garden has helped their mental health during lockdown,

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