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Garden Tip #188

Feeling stressed? Recent research shows that visiting a botanical garden or arboretum can help you cope and make you feel less stressed, at least temporarily. Go see the foliar beauty at the Washington Park Arboretum,the Bellevue Botanical Garden or your local public garden and start coping with your stress!

Tammy Kohlleppel, Jennifer Campbell Bradley, Steve Jacob. “A walk through the garden: Can a visit to a botanic garden reduce stress?” HortTechnology 12(3), July-September 2002, 489-491.