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Health: vegetable gardens to heal
An association offers to support people affected by chronic illnesses by using the garden as a therapeutic support.
(France 2)
An association offers to support people affected by chronic illnesses by using the garden as a therapeutic support.
Use the garden as a therapeutic support to help people who have a chronic pathology. This allows them to do physical activity, improve their diet, and create social connections. A magical vegetable garden that repairs hearts a little battered by life. It’s more than a medicine. “It forces us to leave the house”explains a participant.
Garden to get better and learn to repair yourself right away. In Gap, this is what the Terre d’Hippocrates association offers. On the first day of autumn, you have to hoe the salads. Guy, who has just had a heart attack, is sent by his doctor to maintain physical activity and avoid a sedentary lifestyle.
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