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Grow yourself happy: the gardener’s guide to wellbeing

From mood-boosting plants to clear-the-head composting, the garden is a robust therapist

The Shrub Rose Garden at RHS Garden Rosemoor, Devon © RHS/Jason Ingram

New reads for plant lovers
Leaf through these delicious botanical books
The therapeutic value of gardening
How horticulture helps the mental health of everyone from prisoners to war veterans
Why composting gives heaps of satisfaction
Devotees find it compelling, mood-lifting and so fundamental that it may even ‘change the world’
How to grow a mood-boosting garden
Find out why the healing garden should be an intrinsic part of life
Why nature is the antidote to our modern ills
Three books bring home how we have a once-in-a lifetime chance to reset our relationship with the natural world
Robin Lane Fox: all the joys of spring gardening
How to sow seeds of hope during dark times

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