Gardening interventions enhance children’s skills and boost their development.

The direct benefits of gardening for children are wide ranging:

• Improves physical and mental well-being
• Builds life skills such as confidence, teamwork and communication
• Enhances literacy, numeracy and speaking skills
• Enriches the entire curriculum from science, maths and geography, to art an English
• Encourages a better and healthier lifestyle
• Teaches about the environment and sustainability
• Helps young people engage with their surroundings better and develop a sense of responsibility

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