Jacarandas are blooming – some budding and others are in full bloom. Australia’s leading green space researcher says even a few minutes of contact a day can be enough to reduce anger, sadness, distress and loneliness.
Ever since the first jacaranda bloomed in Sydney around 1850, the Brazilian imports have been heralded in print with purple prose and florid writing. Just like in this story.
The Japanese practice something similar, called forest bathing, believing even a pause to look at trees can reduce anxiety. “If we can increase parkland cover in a neighbourhood from less than 10 per cent to 30 per cent or more, the odds of becoming lonely over four years drop by about a quarter in the average adult, and fall by just over a half among adults living alone.”
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