Healthy Gardening, Improve Your Mood Through Gardening

Healthy Gardening Activities Are Good for Your Body

Calories Burned During Common Gardening Activities

The following chart gives the calories burned during 30 minutes of the activity for a 180-pound person. Generally, a person who weighs more will burn more calories than the amount shown here. Likewise, a person weighing less burns fewer calories. Typical calories burned in 30 minutes of:

Garden Activities Reduce Stress

Planting a beautiful garden can be a great way to relieve stress! Whether you have a small patio to decorate, or a vast amount of space to tend, the act of making your particular stretch of nature into a haven can be a stress reliever in itself, and the garden that you create can bring you even more peace.

Here's why:

Sunlight: Just getting out in the sunlight can actually improve your mood! In fact, there's a condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder that affects some people during Winter months when there is less sunlight. Sunlight also provides an influx of vitamin D, and the fresh air that that goes with it is good for your health.

In Touch With Nature: Being in touch with nature and the great outdoors can help you feel more removed from the stressors of daily life. With the amount of time we spend indoors at work or watching TV, many people feel an urge to connect with nature that goes unfulfilled. Having your piece of nature right outside your back door can help you feel some of this connection.

Creating Beauty: The beauty of nature is a great stress reliever in itself. Having your own bit of beauty available as a place for meditation, contemplation and relaxation can provide quite a bit of relief from stress. It's all part of making your home a haven from stress.

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