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  "path": "/2026/04/20/gardens-as-emotional-and-psychological-support-spaces/",
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    "Health",
    "News",
    "Science",
    "Aberdeen University",
    "COVID 19",
    "environment",
    "gardening",
    "gardens",
    "nature",
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  "textContent": "Private gardens played a vital role in supporting people’s well‑being during the UK’s first Covid‑19 lockdown, when access to public green spaces was significantly restricted. Researchers from Aberdeen University analysed thousands of posts on Twitter (now X) to understand how people used and talked about their gardens during the Covid-19 crisis. In the Greater London […]",
  "title": "Gardens as Emotional and Psychological Support Spaces"
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