What if one of the things known for helping and reducing stress and anxiety, becomes such a commitment, it leads to burn-out?
It is widely believed that getting involved in community gardening projects is beneficial to health and wellbeing; in fact, participation is increasingly prescribed as a non-medical public health intervention. New research, however, suggests that this might not always be the case.
A study led by the University of Aberdeen and published in Local Environment has highlighted the challenges faced by volunteers, in particular, the wide range of skills that is required to establish and maintain a project ,and suggests that authorities could do more to support them.
Professor David Burslem explains the teams findings during this walk around the Cruickshank Botanic Garden.
