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Community gardening for health, mental health, and conviviality

Community gardening is rapidly being popularised in many countries as an enjoyable activity with many personal, environmental, and social benefits.

Here we discuss the motivations and experiences of people involved in community gardening projects in Edinburgh. This is just one example of community members coming together to take achievable and affordable steps that promote wellbeing in multiple ways. In the next activity we ask you to tell us about similar examples from your own experience.

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