shift happens in gardens the movie
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The presentation that opens Opening All the Gates seminars taking place around England in 2010 and 2011.www.creativeandculturallearning.co.ukTRANSCRIPT
There now follows a party political broadcast on behalf of The Garden
Party
IN GARDENS
SHIFT HAPPENS
IN GARDENS
SHIFT HAPPENS
IN GARDENS
LITTLE HAPPENS
IN GARDENS
LITTLE HAPPENS
Gardens are amazing places...
.. Places of scientific value..
.. Where medicines are discovered..
..Places of tranquillity..
..Places of
beauty..
..Places to have fun in..
..Places where the imagination can run free..
..Places to fall in love..
.. Places that help us to
chart our shared history..
.. Places that help us to
understand ourselves.
IN HOLLAND
..a study asked 25,000 people about their own perceptions of their health.
Those within 1km – 3km of green space felt healthier.
In Norway
...a study discovered that the average number of health problems decreased after plants were introduced into the workplace.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
Gardens are places where positive change happens.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
The evidence is compelling.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
In the USA
A 2003 study concluded that views of nature, the sounds of a babbling brook and
birdsong can give 50% higher levels of pain control.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
Nature scene used in intervention.
©2003 by American College of Chest Physicians
There are over 30 rigorous scientific studies which show how exposure to nature quickly slows respiration and lowers blood pressure.
Simply being relaxed is simply being healthy.
Gardens give pleasure and take away pain.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the
Natural Environment...
In the United Kingdom
A 1983 study showed that people recovered from gallbladder surgery more quickly when they had a view of trees, rather than of a wall.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment.. Image: BBC
..requiring less medication and spending less time in hospital.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
and costing less money.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
27% of troops suffer post
deployment mental health
problems.
Source: Reuters
One of the weapons being used against this is....
Image: BBC
A garden
The ‘Combat Stress’ garden
at the 2010 Hampton Court
Flower Show.
“Green exercise” is physical activity in the natural environment...
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
It can reduce blood pressure, improve mood and raise self-esteem.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
A 10% rise in physical activity would save the
UK £500 million per year...
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
2..and
6000 lives.
Source: Newton, J, Wellbeing and the Natural Environment...
In England
Source: Space to Grow, The National Trust
..1 in 3 consider gardens to be romantic places that can give your love life a boost.
Over 70% of the population think that spending time in gardens is important for their quality of life.
Source: Space to Grow, The National Trust
62% of teachers believe that children have a right to garden at school.
Source: Nfer/rhs
80% believe that children should learn about gardening and growing at school.
Source: Space to Grow, The National Trust
..yet 57% believe that gardening is not one of their school’s priorities.
Source: Nfer/rhs
A rightbut not a priority?
Source: Nfer/rhs
Gardens employ over
200,000 people in horticulture alone.
Source: Space to Grow, The National Trust
40% of the people working in gardens now will have retired by 2015.
Who will fill their wellingtons?
IN GARDENS
SHIFT HAPPENS
IN GARDENS
SHIFT HAPPENS
IN GARDENS
SHIFT
IN GARDENS
SHIFT HAPPENS
