Gardening, plants and creative activities help our clients recover from or cope with mental health difficulties
Benefits of Gardening & Creative Activities
Our social and therapeutic horticulture sessions and creative arts & crafts sessions use gardening, plants and creative activities to help our clients recover from or cope with mental health difficulties and other significant illness.
We see first-hand how gardening and creative activities transform lives and can help everyone, regardless of age, background or disability.
Some of the benefits:
- Better physical health through exercise, strengthening of muscles and improving mobility
- Improved mental health through sense of purpose and achievement
- Opportunity to connect with others – reducing feelings of isolation and exclusion
- Acquiring new skills to improve access to employment opportunities
- General feeling of well-being for being outdoors and in-touch with nature
- Improved general health & well-being
- Improved self-confidence and self-esteem
- Access to safe, green, urban space
Future social enterprise activities will also include new and additional development opportunities for our project beneficiaries, including a structured work experience programme to enhance employability skills and build confidence in the workplace.