Gardening for kids' wellbeing with Annabelle Padwick

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

Published: Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 9:00 am

Children’s gardening author and NHS patient advisor, Annabelle Padwick, shares how gardening helps young people overcome mental health challenges

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After struggling with her own mental health during her teenage years and into adulthood, Annabelle Padwick found that gardening was the one thing that made a difference. She now uses gardening to help primary and secondary age children overcome mental health and behaviour challenges.

With one in eight young people suffering with a mental health condition, we chatted to Annabelle to find out if gardening could be the answer to the healthy heads of a generation.

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