Staying Healthy
Sowing the seeds of better health
Growing evidence fortifies gardening's bumper crop of physical and mental benefits.
- Reviewed by Toni Golen, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Women's Health Watch; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing; Contributor, and
- Hope Ricciotti, MD, Editor at Large, Harvard Women's Health Watch
Katherine Rosa copes with winter's gloom by meticulously planning her summer flower garden, giddily anticipating pops of color and fragrance to shift her focus toward radiant days ahead.
"It lifts the spirit and keeps my sense of vitality alive in the dark of winter," says Rosa, a family nurse practitioner and researcher at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital, who's been gardening most of her life. "It's a little bit of joy."
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About the Author
Maureen Salamon, Executive Editor, Harvard Women's Health Watch
About the Reviewers
Toni Golen, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Women's Health Watch; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing; Contributor
Hope Ricciotti, MD, Editor at Large, Harvard Women's Health Watch
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