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How gardening may be helping people live longer

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Bird

Gardening saved Mary Lou Heard’s life.

In the 1970s, Heard, who would later become known as Orange County’s patron saint of cottage gardens, went through a divorce that was so devastating she was hospitalized. On the grounds of the hospital, there

was a small neglected garden. Mary Lou got down on her hands and knees and, for the first time in a long time, she would later write, felt peace.

Now more and more studies are supporting what Mary Lou and many others have known in their hearts all along: Gardening is good for you, and not just in the calorie-burning way.

There is even some anecdotal evidence it might help you live longer.

READ THE FULL STORY AT https://www.ocregister.com

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