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Gardening May Bring as Much Happiness as Dining Out or Biking
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A new Princeton study suggests that levels of well-being, or happiness, reported by city residents who engage in home gardening are similar to happiness levels linked to other popular activities, such as eating out, biking or walking.
The paper, titled “Is gardening associated with greater happiness of urban residents? A multi-activity, dynamic assessment in the Twin-Cities region, USA,” is published in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning.
As civic leaders and urban planners work to make cities more sustainable and livable by investing in outdoor spaces and recreational activities such as biking and walking, Princeton researchers have discovered the benefits of an activity largely overlooked by policymakers: home gardening.
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