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Your Well-Being Garden

Release Date: 2020/07/01
ISBN: 9780744022124
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Your garden could be even better for you.

Discover...
How certain plants can form a barrier against air and noise pollution
Which birdsong alleviates anxiety
How plants can help to save energy
Why green is so good for us

Learn how connecting with nature can reduce stress and improve wellbeing. You don't even need a garden - even a balcony or houseplants can help to boost your mood. Every recommendation is backed by scientific research, drawn together by a team of scientists and experts. Your Well-Being Garden also suggests how to translate the science into ideas for your green space.

With this groundbreaking book, find out how, in sometimes very simple ways, you can create an outdoor space that nourishes your mind and body, and is good for our planet too.

Table of Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Your garden can heal…
  3. Preface by Alistair Griffiths
  4. Introduction by Matt Keightley
  5. The Protective Garden
    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. PLANTS AS POTENTIAL POLLUTION-BUSTERS
    3. Which greenery is best?
    4. Maximize your hedge’s effectiveness
    5. Designing your pollution barrier
    6. No room for a hedge?
    7. From Matt Keightley: Designing your boundary
    8. PLANTS AS POTENTIAL SOUNDPROOFING
    9. Layer vegetation to filter sound
    10. Planting for noise-buffering
    11. Natural sounds to distract attention
    12. From Matt Keightley: Designing around sound
    13. CREATING A LOW-ALLERGEN GARDEN
    14. Designing a haven for allergy sufferers
    15. MANAGING PESTS THE NATURAL WAY
    16. Plants that protect
    17. Making friends with pest predators
    18. Welcoming in wildlife
  6. The Healing Garden
    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. FEEL GOOD WITH VITAMIN G
    3. Getting your dose of Vitamin G
    4. From Matt Keightley: Designing a secluded haven
    5. HOW YOUR GARDEN HELPS TO REBOOT YOUR BRAIN
    6. How nature fascinates
    7. Design your garden for fascination
    8. Plant your garden for fascination
    9. Make a mindfulness corner
    10. From Matt Keightley: Designing your seating
    11. Create a brain-boosting indoor garden
    12. HOW GARDENING CAN BOOST YOUR SELF-ESTEEM
    13. Choose what works for you
    14. GARDENING TO OVERCOME ISOLATION
    15. THE POWERFUL IMPACT OF SCENT
    16. Designing your scented space
    17. Choosing your scents
    18. From Matt Keightley: Designing your scented space
    19. HARNESSING THE POWER OF COLOR
    20. Using color to excite
    21. Using color to calm (1/2)
    22. Using color to calm (2/2)
    23. THE RESTORATIVE EFFECTS OF WATER
    24. Design with water for well-being
    25. From Matt Keightley: Designing your water garden
    26. THE POSITIVE POWER OF BIRDSONG
    27. Bring birds into your garden
    28. DIRT IS GOOD FOR YOU
    29. Get digging to boost immunity
    30. WHY THE GARDEN BEATS THE GYM
    31. Good gardening technique
  7. The Nourishing Garden
    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. THE SECRET LIFE OF HEALTHY SOIL
    3. Boosting your soil
    4. THE DETOXING POWER OF PLANTS
    5. Designing your perfect raised bed
    6. A MEDICINE CHEST IN THE GARDEN
    7. Designing a medicinal garden
    8. Grow your own remedies
    9. GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD
    10. Prepare for planting
    11. A year of vegetables
    12. Making small spaces fruitful
  8. The Sustainable Garden
    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. THE COOLING EFFECT OF PLANTS
    3. Keep your home naturally cool
    4. SAVE ENERGY WITH PLANTS
    5. Green wall insulation
    6. From Matt Keightley: Greening a garden room
    7. FUTURE-PROOFING FOR DROUGHT
    8. Planting for drought resistance
    9. A lawn to beat the heat
    10. Be water-wise in the garden
    11. MAKE YOUR GARDEN A NO-FLOOD ZONE
    12. How plants capture water
    13. Make a flood-proof garden
    14. Create a simple rain garden
    15. From Matt Keightley: Designing a rain garden
    16. PLANT A HAVEN FOR POLLINATORS
    17. How to help pollinators
    18. Create a wildflower meadow
    19. Make a scented night garden
    20. IS YOUR GARDEN REALLY “GREEN”?
    21. Make your own compost
    22. SAVING AIR MILES ON CUT FLOWERS
    23. Plant a year-round cutting garden
  9. Index
  10. References
  11. Further reading
  12. About the authors
  13. Acknowledgments
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