It might not be a magic pill for improving mental health, but there are proven links between gardening, mental wellbeing, and life satisfaction. A 2023 study of 5000 Brisbane adults found a significan...

While gardening alone is not a treatment for mental illness, a growing body of evidence links it with higher levels of mental wellbeing and life satisfaction.

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There are mental and physical health benefits of a garden. But unfortunately, not everyone has the luxury of their own personal green space - a backyard, a courtyard, or even a balcony with potplants....

This research project aimed to learn more about how older adults’ housing affects their gardening activities. We believe that everyone who wants to garden should be able to garden. To support more old...

Finding somewhere to garden is increasingly hard for older Australians, yet the emotional and physical benefits are significant. And it is a green way to fight loneliness.

Costa visits a city rooftop garden atop a repurposed commercial building now transformed into supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness.

The result of generations of advocacy and nearly a year after negotiations began, the in-principle agreement will go before the state parliament today.

We are experiencing the sixth mass species extinction globally, resulting in an ongoing biodiversity crisis caused first of all by anthropogenic land-use

Nature Sustainability - While biodiversity levels have been studied in many different landscapes, villages have been relatively unexplored in comparison. This study examines biodiversity in Eastern...

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Unpredictable conditions and changing plant behaviour underscore the need to alter our gardening and landscaping choices

Join us for the launch of new research from Swinburne University of Technology and Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

CERES has been a destination for nature lovers since it was transformed from a rubbish tip more than 40 years ago, but its future is at risk.

Offering millions of books, free internet access and everything from craft clubs to storytelling dogs, libraries are an essential public space — particularly in regional and remote Australia.

Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old. The North West Shelf extension places them at risk.

Inadequate consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables is a persistent problem in many highly urbanized Global North countries. The research suggests that the intake of fresh fruits and vegetables is ...

Traditional landowner Polly Cutmore says a decision by the National Native Title Tribunal to allow the New South Wales government to lease land to Santos for gas extraction is devastating.

The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.

Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Our columnist explores how gardening improves senior mental health.

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This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you a quantitative environment...