How to cure the winter blues

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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It’s time to stock up on some Vitamin G to get through these colder, darker days. Join us as we chat with RHS Wellbeing Fellow, Dr Lauriane Chalmin-Pui about how scent impacts our emotions, completely subconsciously! Plus we head to RHS Wisley’s Wellbeing Garden to learn how to design with wellness in mind, and visit a community gardening project in London’s Gladstone Park to hear what keeps the volunteers going in even the wettest winters. Useful links: https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/articles/scent-and-emotion https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/garden-highlights/the-wellbeing-garden http://gladstoneparkfriends.org/ https://gladstonepark.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=245e1c80cc92a26222a012488&id=7136bd8bcc https://www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved/community-gardening

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.1	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of...
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth!
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth, at an RHS garden near you.
0:25.6	Book tickets online for discounts plus under fives go free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:35.6	The days are getting shorter and shorter.
0:39.3	It's only 5pm and here in the south of England the sky is already in in inky black.
0:44.3	I know I plan and prepare for this season, from wrapping up my hardy banana plant to putting on an extra jumper myself,
0:52.3	I can still be taken by surprise with a touch of the winter blues.
0:56.0	Which is why now, more than ever, it's important to be getting an ample serving of vitamin G.
1:01.0	As established research published by RHS experts and the wider scientific community has shown
1:07.0	how gardening can benefit our mental, physical and social well-being.
1:13.9	We'll be learning from our very own RHS well-being specialist about how and why the sense
1:20.4	in our garden can completely change and alter our mood. We'll also be exploring the fantastic
1:26.8	Wisley Well-Being Garden to hear how expert
1:29.7	horticulturists have designed the space with wellness in mind. Plus, we head to a community
1:36.0	garden in North London to hear why the friends of Gladstone Park come together in even the coldest
1:41.5	months. You're listening to Gardening with the RHS with me Guy Barta.
1:53.0	Pleasant smells make us feel good.
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