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Overview |
Garden history |
Types of gardens |
Did you know |
Gardening - it's good for you |
Being safe in the garden
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- Gardening for 30-45 minutes is equivalent exercise to walking 3km for 40 minutes or cycling 8km in 30 minutes.
- Daily gardening results in a 36% lower risk of developing dementia.
- The natural environment has profound effects on the well-being of adults, including better psychological well-being, superior cognitive functioning, fewer physical ailments and speedier recovery from illness.
- When schools incorporate gardens and the natural environment into their curriculum academic performance improves in reading, math, science, social studies and writing.
- 38.5% of the Australian population over 15 years of age visit at least one botanic garden each year.
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- Gardeners are one of the most important groups of land managers in Australia managing more than 50 percent of all urban land in Australia, that is, the land that carries 80 percent of the population.
- Planting of greenlife contributes to the battle against global warming. Growing plant absorb carbon dioxide from the air as part of their photosynthesis cycle. Because they absorb carbon dioxide, plants are described as greenhouse gas "sinks".
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