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Gardening can have wonderful results both in improving motor skills and reducing stress.
Just a relatively short amount of time in the garden pottering about, watering and generally tending to plants produces measurable feelings of calm in both body and mind. It may not be too surprising to learn that gardening as a therapy was introduced into the hospital system following the two world wars. Soldiers left disabled by the war found gardening the most effective form of treatment and re-education. As a therapy, gardening is one of the few hobbies where interaction with a living medium is used. With gardening, people with disabilities get a hands-on connection with the natural environment and life cycle.