The Well Gardened Mind
Recorded Monday 12 April 2021
With Sue Stuart-Smith
The garden has always been a place of peace and perseverance, of nurture and reward. From the science of the brain’s own ‘gardener cells’, to the beauty of flowers and the grounding effects of working with nature’s rhythms of growth, decay and regeneration, Stuart-Smith provides a new perspective on the power of gardening.
READ MORE...Using case studies of people struggling with stress, depression, trauma and addiction, as well as her own grandfather’s return from World War I, she explores the many ways in which gardening can help transform people’s lives.
Presenting recent research into why people feel more fully alive and energised in the natural world, why gardeners report feeling calmer and more vigorous and why spending time in nature awakens the connection-seeking aspects of our human nature, Stuart-Smith argues that our increasingly urbanised and technology-dependent lifestyles make it more important than ever to rediscover a closer relationship with the earth.
Deploying a mix of anecdote, insight and science Sue Stuart-Smith shows that our understanding of nature and its restorative powers is just beginning to flower.
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FULL PROGRAMME
Introduction from Roger Duncan
Presentation from Sue Stuart-Smith
Q&A