Flowers and Gardening trigger 'happy' emotions

When we think of Spring, we think of colourful bulbs like daffodils or tulips, beautiful cherry blossoms and magnolia trees. The lovely colours of Spring, and the promise of Summer, puts us in good spirits, creating 'feel good' emotions - especially on a warm, sunny day!

Flowers and gardening make us happier than we know! Research shows that nature provides us with a simple way to improve emotional health and wellbeing – for example, through gardening and lovely flowers! According to the research, the presence of flowers provides us with greater life satisfaction, triggers our 'happy' emotions and increases our feelings of wellness.

The term 'flower power' may be more important than we might think! The results of this ten-month study show that flowers are a natural and healthy moderator of moods and have an immediate impact on happiness.

Flowers truly are extraordinary, having a long-term positive effect on mood. Those taking part in the study reported feeling less depressed, less anxious and less agitated after seeing flowers, and demonstrated a higher sense of enjoyment and life satisfaction. Taking part in gardening has the same positive impact.

“Common sense tells us that flowers make us happy,” said Dr. Haviland-Jones. “Now, science shows that not only do flowers make us happier than we know, they have strong positive effects on our emotional well-being.”

Taking part in activities like gardening, flower arranging and floral crafts are ways to feel more connected with nature, more mindful, and trigger our 'happy' emotions.

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