Those who work with the earth have known for years; there’s a miraculous quality to gardening, it isn’t just a hobby, it’s a vital space for cultivating your mind, your health and your well-being. In a world where research shows the average child spends less time outside each week than a maximum-security prisoner, we need to understand the value of the outdoors, and the tremendous benefit it can give. With new research collected from different cultures around the world Sue Stuart-Smith shows how our increasingly urbanised and technology-dependent lifestyles make it more important than ever to rediscover a closer relationship with the earth.
Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist,and teaches at the Tavistock Clinic in London. She is married to the celebrated garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith and together they have created the wonderful Barn Garden in Hertfordshire. Marian Boswall is a leading landscape architect, winner of the Society of Garden Designers Grand Award, Large Residential Award 2019 and Garden Media Guild Columnist of the Year 2019.
