The National Gardens Scheme (NGS) commissioned The King's Fund to write an independent report on the benefits of gardens and gardening on health. It reviewed the existing evidence on gardens and wellbeing and includes a menu of recommendations for national strategic action as well as local front-line action.
This report, based on work commissioned by the National Housing Federation from The King’s Fund and the New NHS Alliance, looks at the economic case for closer working between the housing and health sectors. The authors demonstrate how housing associations provide a wide range of services that produce health benefits, ...