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How gardening can help you live better for longer
by Julia Hotz

BBC News    Translate This Article
16 May 2025

On 16 May 2025 BBC News reported: Research shows gardening preserves cognitive function, helping you live well for longer. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the field of health, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

...One 2002 study of more than 800 nuns in the United States found that frequently participating in cognitively stimulating activities reduced their risk of Alzheimer's disease. A more recent study of older adults in Japan found participation in meaningful activities could protect against declines in memory function. Meanwhile, other research has found that people who received an intervention of cognitively stimulating activities, typically in a social setting, saw improvements in cognition, mood, communication, and social interaction.

And gardening appears to have specific cognitive benefits. For one thing, gardeners seem to experience gains in the nerve levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that plays an important role in the growth and survival of neurons. They also receive boosts to their vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a protein associated with improving cognitive functioning.

One 2006 study from the University of New South Wales, which followed Australian men and women throughout their sixties, found that those who gardened on a daily basis had a 36% lower risk of developing dementia than those who didn't. Gardening has also been shown to improve attention, lessen stress, reduce falls and lower reliance on medications.

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