Princeton Study Finds That Home Gardening Makes You Happier

A recent study explores the results of a survey focused on emotional well-being, and shows that caring for a home garden can increase your mood.

June 3, 2020 · 1 min · 68 words · Rachel Franklin

Of the 370 participants, 118 of them engaged in home gardening.

These home gardeners reportedly had high levels of happiness, when gardening was measured against other day-to-day activities.

This emotional well-being (EWB) that the study tracked was higher for vegetable gardeners than for ornamental gardeners.

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