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What started as a record of the heightened awareness of gardens as we headed out of the pandemic in 2021, has become an increasingly significant annual publication and a highlight of our Gardens and Health Week each May. You can view all the editions of our Little Yellow Book of Gardens and Health here.
The National Garden Scheme’s annual Gardens & Health Week is dedicated to promoting the positive impact gardens can have on physical and mental health.
Gardens & Health Week 2026 will run 2-10 May. Discover more about how gardens and gardening can be good for you.
In 2024, the National Garden Scheme gave £417,227 of the total £3.5 million charitable donations to gardens and health-related projects run by charities including Horatio’s Garden and Maggie’s.
The King’s Fund report, Gardens and health: Implications for policy and practice, was commissioned by the National Garden Scheme and published in 2016. The report aims to contribute to the understanding, assessment and development of the links between gardens, gardening and health.
Our report on the vital role that gardens and outdoor spaces played – and continue to play – in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the nation during lockdown, brings together feedback from garden owners, viewers of their unique Virtual Garden Visits that aired throughout lockdown, and an online survey conducted in August. The report confirms that the power of gardens to do good has never been more important.
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