I have been excited to find spaces of greenery close to home. One of the spaces nearby are community gardens.
These spaces have a range of benefits. Dr Johnathan Kingsley published a study which found six major themes around the reasons why locals participated in community gardens:
‘(i) family history, childhood and passion for gardening;
(ii) productive gardening, sustainability and growing fresh produce in nature;
(iii) building social and community connections;
(iv) community and civic action;
(v) stress relief; and
(vi) building identity, pride and purpose’
You can see these factors all over the Park Terrace gardens. These photographs, below, show a beautiful and thriving space for a diverse group of people to take some time out of their busy lives.
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