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Green exercise can elevate your mood and improve your sense of well-being.

Researchers define green exercise as any physical activity in nature. That means gardening in your backyard is green exercise. Walking around in a park is green exercise, and so is cycling. You get the idea. And it’s yet another reason to hang on to our public green spaces and to create our own enjoyable green spaces in backyards.

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It’s really not news that being in a green environment is good for mental health, but a new study has shown for the first time that it only takes five minutes of activity in a green space to benefit mental health! No one should be so busy that they can’t spend at least five minutes in nature.

Read more about this new study at BBC: ‘Green’ exercise quickly ‘boosts mental health.’