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A new study published today has bolstered the positive link between time spent in nature and better health.
Among volunteers at The Wildlife Trusts charity, 95 per cent of those with low mood or who felt isolated reported improved well-being after working on gardening and wildlife projects.
The study by the University of Essex assessed changes in the attitudes, behaviour and well-being of 139 people, involved in schemes including tree-planting, scrub clearance, building bird tables or homes for insects, sowing seeds and growing food.
Commiserations if you failed this year, MAT COWARD offers six points which, if followed religiously, will ensure you succeed next year
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
Nature's self-reconstruction is both intriguing and beneficial and as such merits human protection, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
