Did you know that around 80% of people surveyed said gardening improved their mood?
The connection between gardening, spending time outside and wellbeing dates back as far as ancient Egypt, and the clinical benefits of gardening began to be tested and recognised in the 18th and 19th century.
With our lives being increasingly dominated by technology, spending more time in green spaces, or simply bringing nature into your everyday routine can benefit both your mental and physical wellbeing. Whether you’re growing food or flowers, exercising outdoors, being around animals, enjoying time with family or simply relaxing with a good book in the sunshine, being outdoors can have great positive effects.
It can:
- Improve your mood – many gardening tasks require concentration and focus which is a way to practice mindfulness.
- Reduce feelings of stress or anger – gardening can increase the production of ‘happy hormones’ such as dopamine and serotonin.
- Help you take time out and feel more relaxed.
- Improve your physical health. Research by The British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that spending just 10 minutes per week gardening can be beneficial to your physical health, reducing blood pressure and the risk of developing heart disease.
- Improve your confidence and self-esteem by creating a sense of purpose and achievement.
- Help you to be more active – keeping you in shape and aiding better sleep.
- Keep your brain healthy. An Australian study of 3000 older adults over a fifteen-year period, showed that regular gardening appeared to reduce the incidence of developing Alzheimer’s by over a third.



How We Can Help
Simply getting out into your garden to drink in some fresh air can be refreshing for your mind and body. There are great mental benefits from spending even a short time outdoors on a regular basis. However, we understand that garden steps and tricky terrain can become obstacles in your way when you’re trying to get out into your garden.
A handrail enables you to safely and independently access and move around your garden, while offering peace of mind to your loved ones.
The Handrail People manufacture bespoke, attractive, safety handrails, grabrails and balustrades from their Worthing workshop, in a range of styles and colours to suit you and your home. We can also provide installation within a two-hour drive of our workshop, or you can install them yourself or with the aid of a trusted local tradesman.
We also offer a range to ready-to-fit handrails and grabrails in our online shop if you’re looking for a fast, simple solution.
If you, or someone you know could use a helping hand then don’t hesitate to contact us for more information or a free, no obligation site visit and quote.