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Gardening to boost your wellbeing - with Dr Amir Khan

Gardening to boost your wellbeing - with Dr Amir Khan

FromBBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast


Gardening to boost your wellbeing - with Dr Amir Khan

FromBBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How does your garden make you feel? We gardeners know the huge benefits gardening has on our mental health and wellbeing. Here, BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Wildlife Editor Kate Bradbury, talks to Dr Amir Khan, NHS GP, TV doctor and devoted gardener, about the wonderful ways gardens and gardening can heal us.  Whether we notice our blood pressure lowering or not, we all have those moments when the strains of the day, including anger and stress, melt away after an hour or two, digging the soil, sowing seeds, or even weeding. In fact, the moment Amir returns from a shift at the surgery, he heads straight into the garden. Gardening is so good for us, that doctors are now prescribing it to some patients as part of their journey to feeling better.   From encouraging frogs, hedgehogs and wildlife into the garden, to the physiological changes going on inside of us when we’re outdoors nurturing our plants, listen now as Kate and Amir dive into all things feel-good gardening.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
May 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Join the team from BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine as we share lively conversation about all things gardening. We’ll be exploring growing for health and for wildlife, success with homegrown food and flowers, making a thriving garden for you and your family to enjoy, plus how to green up your indoors, and much more. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or are just setting out on your growing journey, we promise you an enjoyable – and useful – escape into gardening with every episode.